Which excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey best support the conclusion that odysseus is clever? the rest of you stand by; i'll make the crossing in my own ship, with my own company, we lit a fire, burnt an offering, and took some cheese to eat; then sat in silence ‘my name is nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me nohbdy.’ so with our brand we bored that great eye socket while blood ran out around the red hot bar.