Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. So he growled from his depths, hackles rising out their outrage. "Bear up, old heart! You've borne worse, far worse, that day when the Cyclops, man-mountain, bolted your hardy comrades down. But you held fast—" To what does this passage refer? Athena is trying to keep Odysseus from killing the suitors too soon. Telemachus is trying to calm Odysseus from attacking too soon. Odysseus is restraining himself from killing the serving-women. Odysseus is restraining himself from killing Antinous.

Answer 1

In this scene Odysseus is debating whether or not to kill the serving-women, who he greatly disdains. He calls on his heart to restrain his desire urge to kill them, citing the incident with the Cyclops as evidence that he has borne worse. 

The best answer is Odysseus is restraining himself from killing the serving-women. 

Answer 2

It is not B or C. I can tell you that for sure because I'm doing the homework too.