An antecedent of a pronoun is a word that refers to the same thing as this pronoun.
here the pronoun is "theirs"
<em>Rivers stopped flowing along the bank's so that they could hear Orpheus, whose music was harmonious than </em><em>theirs.</em>
(all the words in Boldface refer to the same thing).
What does the "theirs" refer to? it refers to their music, and the they is the Rivers (it's a personification of rivers)
The antecedent is the river!
In the story, it tells us that even though many Cyclopes live on the island, they don't have a community. They do not get together. The live separately not caring about the others. The text says, "Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting,no consultation or old tribal ways,but each one dwells in his own mountain cavedealing out rough justice to wife and child,indifferent to what the others do. . . ."<span />
Mum will not cook mutton tonight.
This is the negative form of this sentence.
What where is the choice or they want a explanation