Question

1 as long as our food and ruddy wine held out, the crew, eager to save their lives, kept hands off the herds. but then, when supplies aboard had all run dry, when the men turned to hunting, forced to range for quarry with twisted hooks: for fish, birds, anything they could lay their hands on— hunger racked their bellies—i struck inland, up the island, there to pray to the gods. if only one might show me some way home! crossing into the heartland, clear of the crew, i rinsed my hands in a sheltered spot, a windbreak, but soon as i’d prayed to all the gods who rule olympus, down on my eyes they poured a sweet, sound sleep … as eurylocus opened up his fatal plan to friends: ‘listen to me, my comrades, brothers in hardship. all ways of dying are hateful to us poor mortals, true, but to die of hunger, starve to death— that’s the worst of all. so up with you now, let’s drive off the pick of helios’ sleek herds, slaughter them to the gods who rule the skies up there. if we ever make it home to ithaca, native ground, erect at once a glorious temple to the sungod, line the walls with hoards of dazzling gifts! chunk 1 what conflict is introduced? (think about the structure) landing on helios island, unable to eat any of his cattle for fear of wrath coming from the gods. what did eurylocus do while odysseus was praying? eurylocus persuaded the men to kill and eat helios cattle while odysseus was praying.

Explanation:

The text is from a literary work. The first question asks about the conflict introduced. The conflict is between the crew's need for food (due to lack of supplies) and their fear of the gods' wrath if they eat Helios' cattle. The second question is about Eurylochus' action. As per the text, while Odysseus was praying, Eurylochus persuaded the men to kill and eat Helios' cattle.

Answer:

1. The conflict is between the crew's hunger (need for food as supplies ran dry) and their fear of divine retribution (from the gods if they eat Helios' cattle).
2. Eurylochus persuaded the men to kill and eat Helios' cattle.