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read the messenger's lines as he speaks to eurydice:
"we made our prayers in that place to hecate and pluto, that they would be merciful. and we bathed the corpse with holy water . . "

why does the messenger allude to hecate and pluto in these lines?

a. these are names for fate, which is destroying creon's family.

b. these are the names of the place that the spirits of the dead go.

c. these are the gods who sent teiresias the warning about creon's actions.

d. these are the gods of the underworld, whom creon has offended.

The correct answer is D) These are the gods of the underworld, whom Creon has offended.

The messenger alludes to Hecate and Pluto in these lines in that These are the gods of the underworld, whom Creon has offended.

The messenger alludes to these two gods. Hecate and Pluto. Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft, and Pluto, the god of the underworld. In this allusion,  it implies that the corpse of Polyneices has been buried in a respectful way.

The passage refers to "Antigone", written by Sophocles. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocas

with whom will you be coming to the party? this is written correctly.

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explanation:

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