The excerpt comes from The Odyssey By Homer. The Odyssey is a Greek epic poem formed by 24 parts attributed to Homer, it is considered to be the sequel of the Iliad. It is supposed to have been written in VIII B.C
It narrates the return of the Greek hero Odyssey or Ulises in Roman culture, to his home from the Trojan Wars. The story tells the adventures of Odyssey spending ten years on the war plus ten more years in his return home, at the Ithaca Island. His son Telemachus and his wife Penelope have to withstand a group of men trying to marry Penelope but at the same time consuming the house’s riches. Odyssey finally gets back at his home disguised as an old man so nobody would be suspicious of him and would try to stop him. He kills all the men trying to marry his rightful wife. The best weapon that Odyssey has is his intelligence, courage and the help of the Goddess Athene.
From the excerpt of the scene involving Neptune and Ulysses, Odyssey, one can conclude that their relationship is:
B) It is hostile and based on pointed dislike.
You did not provide the excerpt but I know quite well the Odyssey:
The reason for Neptune to hate Odyssey was that during his voyage Ulysses and his men landed on an island belonging to the Cyclops Polyphemus, and Polyphemus was Neptune’s son. Ulysses tricked and blinded Polyphemus to escape. In anger, Polyphemus called on his father. Because Neptune was god of the seas, and Ulysses and his men were sea-farers, Neptune was eager to punish Odyssey for mutilating his son.
