Sirens 20
weaving a haunting song over the sea


we are to shun, she said, and their green shore


all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I


alone should listen to their song. Therefore


you are to tie me up, tight as a splint,

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erect along the mast, lashed to the mast,


and if I shout and beg to be untied,


take more turns of the rope to muffle me.’


I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast,


while our good ship made time, bound outward


down

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the wind for the strange island of Sirens.


–The Odyssey,
Homer

Which lines best illustrate the conclusion that Odysseus is an epic hero because he fights alone?

lines 20-22
lines 23-24
lines 27-28
lines 29-31