Which characteristic of "In the One-Eyed Giant's Cave" from Homer's Odyssey best qualifies it as an epic?

AOdysseus has trouble freeing his men from the Cyclops's cave.
BOdysseus is a hero who fights victoriously against a monster.
COdysseus is fond of his homeland more than anything else.
DOdysseus is lost on the journey home after the Trojan War.

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Which characteristic of "In the One-Eyed Giant's Cave" from Homer's Odyssey best qualifies it as an epic?

AOdysseus has trouble freeing his men from the Cyclops's cave.
BOdysseus is a hero who fights victoriously against a monster.
COdysseus is fond of his homeland more than anything else.
DOdysseus is lost on the journey home after the Trojan War.

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W0lf93 W0lf93 · Answer 1 · 2018-06-15T08:15:59-04:00

B. Odysseus is a hero who fights victoriously against a monster. A key trait of an epic is the battle between the hero and a seemingly impossible opponent. While some of the other traits do add to Odysseus's characterization as an epic hero, they are not necessary to qualify it as an epic. Also, the only options that are exclusive to "In the One-Eye Giant's Cave" are A and B. A is not a good choice because the true conflict in this part of the epic is Odysseus verse the Cyclops. This conflict causes Odysseus to have trouble freeing his men, but it is not the central conflict of this part of the story.

michell96 michell96 · Answer 2 · 2019-03-14T15:22:07-04:00

The correct answer is B. Odysseus is a hero who fights victoriously against a monster.

Explanation:

An epic is usually a long and narrative poem that tells the story of someone considered as a hero who did extraordinary things, including fighting against supernatural forces or creatures. Additionally to this, epics imply moral teachings and are part of oral tradition. In the case of "In the One-Eyed Giant's Cave" that is the book 9 of the "Odyssey" written by Homer the main character Odysseus encounter Polyphemus a cyclops in a cave and after the cyclops kills some of the men that were with Odysseus and imprisons the rest of them including the main character, Odysseus has to fight against the Cyclops to be free, for this reason Odysseus and his men blind the Cyclops using a hot staff into the monster's eye and go out of the cave victoriously. In this way, the characteristic of epic this book or chapter shows is how a man becomes a hero by fighting against a monster (the Cyclops) and defeating it, that shows human beings do extraordinary things.