Luther jumped over the ropes and landed in the boxing ring with the ease of a ballet dancer. he was the boxing champion of the west coast and was about to face an unknown rookie. the spectators were counting on him to take out his opponent in the first round. all through the first round, luther kept dancing around his opponent and teasing him. but by the second round, his opponent started showing progress. his jabs became less frequent but more deadly. luther's famed herculean punch was failing against his opponent’s iron will. by the last round, everyone was astonished to see that tommy, the unknown rookie, had endured luther's thunderous blows and was still standing. in fact, he even managed to knock the champion off his feet in the last round. hercules is a popular figure from greek mythology. his father was a greek god and his mother was a human. he is known for his heroic deeds and superhuman strength. based on this context, what can be concluded from the reference to hercules in the excerpt? a. luther's parents were rich and famous. b. tommy was fighting a losing match. c. luther delivered a powerful punch. d. tommy was unnaturally strong compared to luther.

it's called a epic poem i believe, hope this ☺

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.