Read the passage below and answer the question.

But as for those prophetic oracles,

they're worthless. Polybus has taken them

to Hades, where he lies.

What does the final sentence of the passage suggest?

that like Polybus, the prophecy is dead and buried

that the prophecy is true, like the god Hades

that Polybus is a liar

that Hades is dead

The anwser is A: That like Polybus, the prophecy is dead and buried.

By saying that the prophetic oracles were worthless, the speaker demonstrates his complete dislike and disregard for them. And to emphasize his opinion, he adds that Polybus has taken them to Hades (in older Greek mhyts this the abode of the dead, where all mortals go when they die), which is a place where he already is.