The odyssey: central ideas and character motivation, part 2

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read the excerpt from the odyssey.

what two things are being compared in this epic simile?

then,

abel

his chores being all dispatched, he caught

another brace of men to make his breakfast,

and whisked away his great door slab

to let his sheep go through--but he, behind,

reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.

the door slab to the cyclops' sheep

the stone to a quiver

a brace of men to breakfast

the cyclops' chores to the men

e. all of em

~courtney

islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. however, in the modern contexts of muslims minorities in non-muslim countries as well as secularised muslim states like turkey, indonesia and bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes.

compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other abrahamic faiths, islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. unlike catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and god",[1] have "process of ordination",[2] or "sacramental functions",[1] but instead serve as "exemplars, teachers, judges, and community leaders," providing religious rules to the pious on "even the most minor and private" matters.[1]