<span>it could be said that Athena/ Athene was the goddess of wisdom and war that is why she was behind <span>Odysseus, trying to inspire him with the Trojan Horse idea. This event lead to the fall of the city of Troy. What is more, she was also the patron of defensive Warcraft, with regard to tacticians and the intellectual side of war.</span></span>
The correct answer is option d: merchants
In grammar rules, an antecedent can be identified in a sentence because it is later replaced by a pronoun. An antecedent also refers in a sentence to something that happened in the past.
In the sentence provided as an example, the Venetian 'merchants' is the noun that is later replaced by its respective pronoun (theirs). The verb brought also tells us it was something that happened in the past.
He is determined, willing to put in the work day or night, busying himself by using both hands. stubborn too, he sticks to what he knows (his father's saying) and won't budge.