C I’m guessing here just guessing
It's important because the ancient Greeks traveled. And, an odyssey is like a wonder, and if your a Greek and you liked to journey, you'd probably like to go to places with odysseys in them
The answer is B. "He asked himself where it had come from and how; the past provided no explanation, and the future could not justify it."
This option is not a dark humor because it does not show the opposite side of happiness. The other choices explain that although there is happiness, he considered it as a burden- making it a dark humor.