Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Reaching the gate, Odysseus and the forester
halted and stood outside, for harp notes came
around them rippling on the air
as Phemios picked out a song. Odysseus
caught his companion's arm and said:
"My friend,
here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it?”

In this excerpt, the harp’s music is a symbol of Odysseus’s

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reunion with old colleagues.
reunion with old colleagues.

happiness upon returning home.
happiness upon returning home.

long journey back home.
long journey back home.

patience and endurance.
patience and endurance.
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happiness upon returning home.

The harp music (Phemios’s song) signals Odysseus has reached home and feels the familiar, joyful welcome of Ithaca.