Read the following passage from Homer's The Odyssey.
Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth,
our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man.
So long as the gods grant him power, spring in his knees,
he thinks he will never suffer affliction down the years.
But then, when the happy gods bring on the long hard
times,
bear them he must, against his will, and steel his heart.
Which message from the passage is outside the cultural context of the
author?
A. Strength can pull a person through a hard time.
B. The gods grant powers to human beings.
C. Gods control the fates of human beings.
D. After a person has suffered once, he will never need to suffer
again.