Use the passage from "The Maypole of Merry Mount" by Nathaniel Hawthorne to answer the question.

Question

Which quotation from the passage contains an allusion to Greek mythology?
A. "... but a band of Puritans who watched the scene, invisible themselves, compared the masques to those devils and ruined souls with whom their superstition peopled the black wilderness."
B. "Many of this strange company wore foolscaps and had little bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits."
C. "Had a wanderer bewildered in the melancholy forest heard their mirth and stolen a half-affrighted glance, he might have fancied them the crew of Comus, some already transformed to brutes, some midway between man and beast, and the others rioting in the flow of tipsy jollity that foreran the change..."

Answer 1

The quotation that contains an allusion to Greek mythology is:

C. "Had a wanderer bewildered in the melancholy forest heard their mirth and stolen a half-affrighted glance, he might have fancied them the crew of Comus, some already transformed to brutes, some midway between man and beast, and the others rioting in the flow of tipsy jollity that foreran the change..."

This alludes to Comus, a figure from Greek mythology who was the god of revelry, often associated with celebrating and indulging in uninhibited festivities.