What evidence does chief seattle use in paragraph 8 of his speech to support the idea that battling the white man for land would be in vain? a. "their cruelty is relentless and knows no bounds." b. "we would have everything to lose and nothing to gain." c. "but let us hope that hostilities between the red man and his pale-faced brothers may never return." d. "when our young men grow angry at some real or imaginary wrong, and disfigure their faces with black paint."

agamemnon was the leader of the greek troops in the trojan wars and orestes was his son. when agamemnon returned from the war, he was murdered by his wife's lover in conjunction with his wife. orestes could not stop them but he seeked vengeance for his father. after a long time, he found them and avenged his father while killing them. he killed his mother, but greek mythology claims that his act was just and he was spared the remorse and the guilt. there are a lot of similarities with the ulysses/telemachus father son pair. ulysses was also one of the leaders of the excursion to troy. he still has not returned home, but in a sense the suitors of penelope are marring his estate and his reputation. while penelope is faithful to ulysses, the suitors by taking hold of the palace and committing their shameful acts are dishonoring ulysses. in the same context, telemachus is asked just like orestes to restitution his father's honor, regardless of whether he is alive or dead. athena is him and encouraging him with this example and he himself feels the need to save his father