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Which excerpt from The Odyssey - Teiresais is this paraphrasing? Now came the soul of Antikleia, dead, my mother. daughter of Autolykos , dead now, though living still when I took ship for holy Troy. Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Teiresias. Soon from the dark that prince of Thebes came forward bearing a golden staff; and he addressed me Great captain, a fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek.
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The paraphrased excerpt is from Homer's "The Odyssey," specifically the encounter with the soul of Antikleia in the Underworld. This passage describes Odysseus' interaction with the ghost of his mother, Antikleia, and the subsequent appearance of Teiresias, who provides him with a prophecy about his journey.