The Alexandrian scholar-poet Callimachus a. rejected poetry as unequal to scholarly work. b. rejected Greek philosophy as unequal to the epics of Homer. c. urged poets to write long epic works to rival Homer. d. urged his fellow poets to write short, finely crafted works rather than epics.

The correct answer is D.                                            

Explanation:

He was at loggerheads with Apollonius of Rhodes which led to a personal feud, Callimachus. So it is not unusual for both poets to be mentioned alongside each other.

He believed in the viability of the Homeric tradition (in modified form) for epic poetry.

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themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

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