Question

So by day, she'd weave at her great and growing web – by night, by the light of torches placed beside her, she would unravel all she's done. Three whole years she deceived us, seduced us with this scheme.Who is speaking in the passage above?
a. Telemachus
b. Halitherses
c. Antinous
d. Eurymachus

Answer 1

Answer:

C.

Explanation:

The given quote is taken from The Odyssey, Book II.

The speaker of the above lines is Antinous. Antinous is speaking to Telemachus.

Antinous is one of the suitors of Penelope, Telemachus's mother. In the lines, he is speaking about the deceiving scheme of Penelope which she used to trick her suitors in the Odyssey.

In The Odyssey, Penelope tricks her suitors by deceiving them she will marry only after finishing her weaving. But every day after weaving she would unweave it. and like this Penelope tricked her suitors for three years.

So, the correct answer is option C.