Read the excerpt below from the play Antigone by Sophocles and answer the question that follows. ANTIGONE:Eteocles, they say, has had his burialaccording to our customary rites,to win him honor with the dead below. Why does Creon decide to bury Eteocles according to custom?

Antigone says Eteocles received burial according to custom, which was an honor given to someone who defended Thebes. Eteocles was loyal to the city, unlike Polynices, who led an attack against it. Therefore, the correct choice is “Eteocles was loyal to Thebes.”

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