On the macro scale, social structure<span> is the system of socioeconomic stratification </span><span>, </span>social<span> institutions, or, other patterned relations between large </span>social<span> groups. On the meso scale, it is the </span>structure<span> of </span>social<span> network ties between individuals or organizations.</span>
The correctly formatted in-text citation would be: Odysseus's men "bent steady to the oars" (Homer 79).
That would probably the way the sentence flows and the tone
