Read the question carefully and select the best answer.

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

Answer choices for the above question

A. “These long narrative poems tell the stories of early military battles and overseas journeys.”

B. “Virgil’s Aeneid, like Homer’s Odyssey, describes a hero’s memorable journey and encounters with the gods.”

C. “Modern Western literature and storytelling have their roots in the oral tradition of the ancient Greeks, dating from around 800–500 BCE.”

D. “The most important works of the ancient period are the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, both ascribed to the Greek poet Homer.”