Question

while odysseus spoke an old hound, lying near, pricked up his ears and lifted up his muzzle. this was argus, trained as a puppy by odysseus, but never taken on a hunt before his master sailed for troy.... abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies, old argus lay. but when he knew he heard odysseus voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master... but death and darkness in that instant closed the eyes of argus, who had seen his master, odysseus, after twenty years. -the odyssey, homer. what does argus symbolize? what detail in the passage shows arguss symbolic meaning?

Explanation:

Argos simboliza la lealtad y la paciencia. Aunque fue abandonado durante veinte años, al oír la voz de su amo Ulises, intenta mostrar su afecto. El detalle que muestra su simbolismo es que, a pesar de su débil estado físico, intenta wagtail al oír a Ulises.

Answer:

• ¿Qué representa Argos?: La lealtad y la paciencia.
• ¿Qué detalle en el pasaje muestra el significado simbólico de Argos?: Que intenta wagtail al oír la voz de Ulises a pesar de su débil estado.