there were weeds IN the flower garden
The foul odor that caused the narrator and Thompson to flee into the cold is the Limburger Cheese. Of course they thought it was the rotting corpse but the pine box did not contain a dead body, instead inside were a bunch of guns.
To Guide or instruct because in context its saying guiding or instructing love
The answer should be c because the Gods were taken seriously by all Greeks regardless of age. For the answer a consider Hercules, son of Zeus and a human. For b there are many stories that talk about fallen heroes. And for d there were multiple gods, just consider the 9 planet's are named after just some of them.