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Good morning
Explanation:
The word probing suggests that Alcinous has been insistent on hearing Odysseus's story; however, Odysseus was the one that requested the song about Troy even though he knew the content of the tune would make him weep. It seems like Odysseus wanted Alcinous to ask him to tell his story.
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The word "protracted" means lasting longer than expected, or unusually long, so what protracted most clearly means based on the context of the excerpt is how the time period of celestial motion studies must have lasted unusually long.
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