Question

Which words in this excerpt from Homer’s Odyssey have meanings similar to “punishing someone who hurt you”? I then: 'O nymph propitious to my prayer, Goddess divine, my guardian power, declare, Is the foul fiend from human vengeance freed? Or, if I rise in arms, can Scylla bleed?' Then she: 'O worn by toils, O broke in fight, Still are new toils and war thy dire delight? Will martial flames for ever fire thy mind, And never, never be to Heaven resign'd? How vain thy efforts to avenge the wrong! Deathless the pest! impenetrably strong! Furious and fell, tremendous to behold! NextReset]

Answer 1

Answer:

the correct answer is avenge and vengeance.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The following words "How vain thy efforts to avenge the wrong" in this excerpt from Homer's Odyssey have meanings similar to "punishing someone who hurt  you." 

The phrase "avenge the wrong" means to inflict harm in return for an injury done to you. Another way of saying "avenge the wrong" is "punishing someone who hurt you". 
Homer's Odyssey is one of the two major epic Greek epic poems written by the poet Homer. It is considered a sequel to the poem Iliad.