Question

achilles was furious, and his heart was divided whether to draw his sword, push the others aside, and kill agamemnon, or to restrain himself and check his anger. while he was drawing his mighty sword from its scabbard, athena came down from heaven and seized him by his hair. achilles turned in amazement, and by the fire in her eyes, he knew she was athena. \why are you here?\ said he. and athena said, \i come from heaven, if you will hear me, to bid you stay your anger. cease this brawling, and do not draw your sword.\ he stayed his hand on the silver hilt of his sword, and thrust it back into the scabbard as athena bade him. then she went back to olympus among the other gods. adapted from homer, the iliad. trans. samuel butler based on this excerpt, what can you conclude about achilles and agamemnon? achilles respects the gods more than agamemnon does. athena likes agamemnon more than she likes achilles. athena convinces achilles not to attack agamemnon. achilles doesnt want to hurt agamemnon at first.

Explanation:

To determine the correct conclusion, we analyze each option:

• "Achilles respects the gods more than Agamemnon does": The excerpt shows Achilles is furious and almost attacks Agamemnon, and Athena (a god) has to intervene. But there's no info comparing Achilles' and Agamemnon's respect for gods, so this is not supported.
• "Athena likes Agamemnon more than she likes Achilles": The excerpt focuses on Athena intervening to stop Achilles from attacking Agamemnon, not on her preference between the two, so this is not supported.
• "Athena convinces Achilles not to attack Agamemnon": The text says "Athena said, 'I come from heaven... Cease this brawling, and do not draw your sword.'... He stayed his hand... as Athena bade him." This shows Athena persuaded Achilles to not attack Agamemnon, so this is supported.
• "Achilles doesn't want to hurt Agamemnon at first": The excerpt says "Achilles was furious... whether to draw his sword, push the others aside, and kill Agamemnon", which shows he initially wanted to hurt/kill Agamemnon, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

Athena convinces Achilles not to attack Agamemnon.