Im pretty sure it was around 50 years ago
Menelaus was the most aggrieved which makes him the most influencial in the plot. All happenings in the epic affected menelaus.
The correct answer is paraphrasing.
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Instead of saying word-from-word what the person has told them and repeating it, they are saying "basically..."
<span>To stifle is to cut off, hold back, or smother. You may stifle your cough if you don't want to interrupt a lecture or you may stifle the competition if you fear losing. The verb stifle means “to choke, suffocate, drown.” ... At its most extreme, stifle means to kill by cutting off respiration.</span>
