Answer:
The excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey that is cited properly in MLA style is: "They scrambled to their places by the rowlocks / and all in line dipped oars in the gray sea" (Homer 6-7).
Darkness is the thing being personified because it is being described as "cruel". Hope this helps!
They both showed humility.
compared to the Glory that Odysseus and Achilles manage to achieve, they feel nothing.