Read the excerpt from the odyssey. i shall not see on earth a place more dear, though i have been detained long by calypso, loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves, to be her heart's delight, as circe of aeaea, the enchantress, desired me, and detained me in her hall. but in my heart i never gave consent. where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? in far lands he shall not, though he find a house of gold. what does this excerpt most suggest about the values of the ancient greeks?

The excerpt of The Odyssey reflects the important role that family plays as a strong cultural value in ancient Greek culture.

Explanation:

For ancient Greeks, the family unit was the foundation of Greek society and played a very important role in their social, political and cultural landscape. Even in our days, for modern Greeks, family still plays a very important role on one's life. The cultural value of family remains strong throughout Greek history.

When the author says "Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents?" he emphasizes the great value that he puts on his own family, rather than other lands or people.

- "sack of constantinople, (april 1204). the diversion of the fourth crusade from the holy land to attack, capture, and pillage the byzantine city of constantinople divided and dissipated the efforts of the christians to maintain the war against the muslims. the fourth crusade was corrupted from its purpose early on."

- "the crusades were a series of religious wars undertaken by the latin church. the first crusade arose after a call to arms in 1095 sermons by pope urban ii. the first crusade unleashed a wave of impassioned, pious catholic fury, which was of constantinople, the capital of the christian-controlled byzantine empire."

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a is the final ! : )