Select the correct text in the passage.

Which word in this excerpt from Homer's Odyssey means "lands" or "kingdoms"?

Till now from sea or flood no succour found,

Famine and meagre want besieged us round.

Pensive and pale from grove to grove I stray'd,

From the loud storms to find a sylvan shade;

There o'er my hands the living wave I pour;

And Heaven and Heaven's immortal thrones implore,

To calm the roarings of the stormy main,

And guide me peaceful to my realms again.

1. succour

2. meagre

3. sylvan

4. roarings

5. realms

The answer is choice 5, "Realms."

A realm is known as a kingdom, the other word choices have unrelated meanings.

5. Realms means "lands" or "kingdoms.

My translations of the word choices from the text:

"Till now from sea or flood no succor found." ⇒ From sea or flood, no aid or assistance has been found.

" Famine and meagre want to besiege us round." ⇒ Hunger and undernourishment have begun to overwhelm them.

" From the loud storms to find a sylvan shade; " ⇒ Searching for a peaceful, pleasant place.

"To calm the roarings of the stormy main," ⇒ To calm the violence of the storms

And guide me peaceful to my realms again. " ⇒ And guide me peacefully back to my lands.