Which of the following statements best describes the religious attitudes of sophocles’s time? a) while new philosophies were challenging old religious ideas, many people still believed that the gods of olympus had a direct influence on the lives of mortal beings b) it was universally believed that the gods of olympus no longer existed. c) there was no question that the gods of olympus had a direct influence on the lives of mortal beings and indeed, sometimes participated in them. d) many people secretly believed that the gods of olympus no longer existed, though they pretended in public just to be safe.