Chorus: you honor thebes, our city, above all others, you and your mother blasted by that lightning strike. and now when all our people here are captive to a foul disease, on your healing feet you come across the moaning strait or over the parnassian hill. what does the passage reveal about the beliefs of the ancient greeks? they believed the gods were powerful enough to rescue them. they believed the gods despised them. they believed the gods inflicted disease on them. they believed the gods lived in thebes.

The correct answer is A. They believed the gods were powerful enough to rescue them.

Explanation:

The passage included in the question belongs to the play "Antigone" which was written during Ancient Greece Era, due to this, the play shows some of the Ancient Greeks values and beliefs. In the case of the excerpt presented the chorus, which was a group of actors that made comments about the events that occurred during plays, state the people of the city "Thebes" are being affected by a disease and because of this it is an honor that  the gods had come to the city with their "healing feet". Which means the chorus is supporting the belief that the gods are there to help the people in the city by healing them. Thus, in this passage, the belief of Ancient Greeks that is being revealed is that they believed the gods were powerful enough to rescue them as the chorus express the arrival of the gods means they would heal the people in the city.

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.