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?”

Odysseus recognizes the beautiful place as home, and the music adds to the welcoming, joyful scene. This best conveys happiness upon returning home. The excerpt focuses on his arrival, not on patience, the length of his journey, or meeting old colleagues.

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