Lies, deceit, and trickery weren't really well regarded in ancient greece, but seem to have been tolerated. what reasons
could penelope have had the odyssey for using lies, deceit, and trickery with the suitors?
penelope was a gentle woman who hated offending people. so she just went around the truth and avoided questions and
conversations as best she could.
she didn't want to accept the possibility that ulysses was dead, and therefore she tricked the suitors and flirted with them in order to
avoid outright offending them..
penelope herself was uncomfortable with outsiders and was known for being unreliable with them.
penelope was an exceptionally beautiful woman and was constantly getting inappropriate attention from men. therefore, she just
lied to avoid that behavior

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]