Read the excerpt below from the play Antigone by Sophocles and answer the question that follows. CHORUS:Someone’s wisdom has revealed to usthis famous saying—sometimes the godslure a man’s mind forward to disaster,and he thinks evil’s something good.But then he lives only the briefest time According to these lines, what did the ancient Greeks believe to be true?
Answer
A
The gods wrote a book of famous sayings.
B
The gods could trick humans into doing evil.
C
The gods permitted any type of human behavior.
D
The gods had no control over the human mind.
Explanation
The Chorus says that the gods can lure a person’s mind toward disaster, making him believe that something evil is good. This suggests the gods could deceive or mislead humans into doing wrong. So the correct choice is “The gods could trick humans into doing evil.”
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