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Who says the following and why?


"By god, I'd rather slave on earth for another man—

some dirt-poor tenant farmer who scrapes to keep alive—

than rule down here over all the breathless dead."

AOdysseus is telling his crewmates that it is better to be alive.
BAgamemnon is cursing his wife Clytemnestra.
CAchilles is rebutting Odysseus's praise.
DTiresias is encouraging Odysseus to "keep the course."

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CAchilles is rebutting Odysseus's praise
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Answer:

C. Achilles is rebutting Odysseus's praise.

Explanation:

This part of The Odyssey is actually Achilles who is replying Odysseus's declaration. Odysseys basically said that Achilles "must be lording it over the dead in all his power". To which he instantly replies, leading with: ""No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus!"

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