Read the excerpt from the odyssey.
then we unloaded all the cyclops' flock to make division, share and share alike, only my fighters voted that my ram, the prize of all, should go to me. i slew him by the sea side and burnt his long thighbones to zeus beyond the stormcloud, cronus’ son, who rules the world. but zeus disdained my offering; destruction for my ships he had in store and death for those who sailed them, my companions.
what can be inferred about odysseus?
a. odysseus believes that he controls his own destiny.
b. odysseus is destined to perish at sea along with his men.
c. odysseus is religious and he believes in the power of the gods.
d. odysseus believes that he can escape his destiny.

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