Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias.

‘Then a seaborne death
soft as this hand of mist will come upon you
when you are wearied out with rich old age,
your country folk in blessed peace around you.
And all this shall be just as I foretell.’

Teiresias uses a simile to promise Odysseus that he will

have a gentle death.
die exhausted.
have a happy death.
die very wealthy.

have a gentle death.

Teiresias uses a simile to promise Odysseus that he will have a gentle death.

Teiresias promises Odysseus that he will have a gentle death. In the passage, Teiresias compares the seaborne death that will come to Odysseus with the softness of a hand of mist. This comparison suggests that the death will be gentle and peaceful, rather than harsh or violent. So, the correct answer is that Teiresias promises Odysseus a gentle death.