Question

PLEASE HELP :( ! I know this is literature but no one is helping in that section.
need help with a few questions from the book Antigone. please help will medal and fan!

Answer 1

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 gods who sent Teiresias the warning about Creon's actions.

B.
These are the gods of the underworld, whom Creon has offended.

C.
These are the names of the place that the spirits of the dead go.

D.
These are names for Fate, which is destroying Creon's family.