Question

Who says the following and why?

"This is no deception sent by Queen Persephone,
this is just the way of mortals when we die.
Sinews no longer bind the flesh and bones together—
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the spirit / rustling, flitters away . . . flown like a dream." *
a)Anticleia is explaining why Odysseus cannot embrace her.
b)Agamemnon is explaining that he is real.
c)Elpenor is trying to convince Odysseus to give him a proper burial.
d)Tiresias is explaining why he needs blood to tell the truth.