In an academic story words such as "He ran" or "swiftly" reveal the action of the story. These verbs are the reason you can imagine the action and its pace in your head when you read.
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C, Minerva disguises him as an old beggar. The idea is that he wants to go unrecognized when he returns home to his people. You can figure that he's an old beggar based on phrases like "a man of miseries" and "uncouth".
However, if you have trouble reading older texts, websites like Sparknotes and Shmoop are great for getting summaries.
