In travail, sobbing, gaining on the current, we rowed into the strait – Scylla to port

and on our starboard beam Charybdis, dire

gorge of the salt sea tide. By heaven! when she

vomited, all the sea was like a cauldron

seething over intense fire, when the mixture

suddenly heaves and rises.

—The Odyssey,
Homer

What does the simile add to this passage? Check all that apply.

a comparison between the sea and a cauldron
a visual representation of the sea’s anger
a comparison between Scylla and Charybdis
an example of how the men feel as they row
a visual to show where Scylla and Charybdis are located