Answer: Pistols and revolvers
Explanation: (Dont ask how I know that (;)
O Captain!<span> my Captain!</span><span> rise up and hear the bells;</span>
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
<span>For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;</span>
They divided the powers into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. So that in case one branch has too much power, they have the other branches to check them. All three branches has the same amount of powers but different kind of branch.
Ok, I read the Odyssey like... 10 times so, I cant read the top question, but the answer the second one is,
He offers to pay him back with an alliance after he makes it home. The vow is important because Odysseus was arguably the most powerful ruler at the time. So, an alliance with him would help Alcinous a lot.
