When should i use a semicolon?

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

Which quotation best supports the authors’ claim and purpose?

The author’s purpose for including this in the introduction is