Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
This was an army, trained to fight on horseback
or, where the ground required, on foot. They came
with dawn over that terrain like the leaves
and blades of spring. So doom appeared to us,
dark word of Zeus for us, our evil days.
My men stood up and made a fight of it—
backed on the ships, with lances kept in play,
from bright morning through the blaze of noon
so holding our beach, although so far outnumbered;
but when the sun passed toward unyoking time,
then the Achaeans, one by one, gave way.
Question: Which stage of the hero’s journey is represented in this passage?
Options:
Answer: The correct answer is: The road of trials.
Explanation: During The Road of Trials, Odysseus goes through many tests and faces different temptations that he must go through and overcome. He encounters with Circe, Poseidon and the Cyclops create new tests that he must go through during his journey back to Ithaca.
