From details in the passage, what can you infer about the civilization

and era that produced the story of Phoebus and Phaeton?

A. People in that time and place used solar power.

B. People in that time and place traveled by horse and

carriage.

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C. People in that time and place lived in great fear of fires.

D.

People in that time and place never sailed their boats on

rivers.

Answer: B. People in that time and place traveled by horse and

carriage.

Explanation:

Stories told in an era usually use elements that are in existence in that era in the story because such elements are conceivable. For example, Thor using a hammer in Norse mythology was probably described as his weapon of choice by people in the era that originated his story because they had hammers and saw it as a very powerful tool.

In the story of Phoebus and Phaeton it is stated that Phoebus has a chariot which he used to travel across the skies every day to bring about the sun rising and the sun setting. By using a Chariot to describe how Phoebus travelled, it shows that Chariots were a way for travel to be embarked on in that era because it was conceivable enough to be put into a story by those people.