Who is the speaker in this excerpt from Book 13 of Homer’s Odyssey, and what inference can you make from the tone?


Shall then no more, O sire of gods! be mine

The rights and honours of a power divine?

Scorn'd e'en by man, and (oh severe disgrace!)

By soft Phaeacians, my degenerate race!

Against yon destined head in vain I swore,

And menaced vengeance, ere he reach'd his shore;

To reach his natal shore was thy decree;

Mild I obey'd, for who shall war with thee?

Behold him landed, careless and asleep,

From all the eluded dangers of the deep;

Lo where he lies, amidst a shining store

Of brass, rich garments, and refulgent ore;

And bears triumphant to his native isle

A prize more worth than Ilion's noble spoil.


The speaker in this excerpt is _____. The tone demonstrates __________.


Speaker options:

ANeptune

BJove

CMinerva

Tone options:

1. concern about Ulysses safety in Ithaca
   
2. hope for the safe return of the Phaeacians
   
3. anger at seeing Ulysses reach Ithaca safely