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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: for Euryalus he will have to make a formal apology and a present
too, for he has been rude."
Thus did he speak. The others all of them applauded his saying,
and sent their servants to fetch the presents. Then Euryalus
said, "King Alcinous, I will give the stranger all the
satisfaction you require. He shall have my sword, which is of
bronze, all but the hilt, which is of silver. I will also give
him the scabbard of newly sawn ivory into which it fits. It will
be worth a great deal to him."
As he spoke he placed the sword in the hands of Ulysses and
said, "Good luck to you, father stranger; if anything has been
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