Question

Which line from "Damon and Pythias" helps the reader see Damon in the same way that Pythias does? A. "It happened that Pythias had, quite unjustly, been accused by Dionysius of trying to overthrow him..." B. "Try as he might, Pythias could not prove his innocence to the king's satisfaction..." C. "The noble youth asked only for a few days' freedom so that he could settle is business affairs and see to it that his relatives would be cared for..." D. "And, as the Fates would have it, by a strange turn of events, Pythias was detained far longer in his task than he had imagined."

Answer 1

Answer:

C.

Explanation:

'Damon and Pythias' is a story that narrates about an ideal friendship. It is a legendary Greek story which was transcripted by Richard Edwards into a play in 1564.

In the play, the passage that lets the readers see Damon the same way as Pythias is in option C.

In this passage, when Pythias was convicted of a charge by the king, he pleads the King to let him go and settle his business. But the tyrant king would not let him go unless Pythias provide a proxy for himself. So, it is in this passage that readers see Damon from Pythias point of view as an ideal friend who would be his proxy without any hesitation.

Thus the correct answer is option C.