Antigone

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 lin

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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 the names of the place that the spirits of the dead go. B. These are names for Fate, which is destroying Creon's family. C. These are the gods of the underworld, whom Creon has offended. D. These are the gods who sent Teiresias the warning about Creon's actions.
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