Read the passage from The Odyssey and answer the following question.
Dear friends,
more than one man, or two, should know those things
Circe foresaw for us and shared with me,
so let me tell her forecast; then we die
with our eyes open, if we are going to die,
or know what death we battle if we can. Sirens
weaving a haunting song over the sea
we are to shun, she said, and their green shore all sweet with
clover; yet she urged that I
alone should listen to their song. Therefore
you are to tie me up, tight as a splint,
erect along the mast, lashed to the mast,
and if I shout and beg to be untied,
take more turns of the rope to muffle me.
Who are the major characters?
A.
Helios, Achaea
B.
Perimedes, Eurylochus
C.
Sirens, the crew
D.
Odysseus, Sirens, Circe
D. Odysseus, Sirens, Circe
The major characters in the passage from The Odyssey are Odysseus, Sirens, and Circe.
In this passage from The Odyssey, the major characters mentioned are Odysseus, Sirens, and Circe. To arrive at the correct answer, we need to identify the characters explicitly mentioned in the passage.
Option A, Helios and Achaea, are not mentioned in this specific passage, so it can be eliminated. Similarly, option B, Perimedes and Eurylochus, are not mentioned either, eliminating it as a possible answer.
Option C, Sirens and the crew, is partially correct because the Sirens are mentioned in the passage. However, the crew is not directly mentioned in this excerpt, so this option can be ruled out.
This leaves us with option D, Odysseus, Sirens, and Circe, which is the correct answer. Odysseus, the main character, is mentioned multiple times in the passage, along with the Sirens and Circe.