What theme is supported by the excerpt? a.)the victors of war earn rewards. b.)the fugitives of the war suffer in isolation. c.)soldiers should take proper care of their horses. d.)soldiers must be wary of their enemies. read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey. my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones. this was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. they came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring.