The chorus is an important element of drama. in antigone, it serves multiple purposes, such as providing background information about events that occurred before the start of the play. which lines in this excerpt from antigone serve the purpose of describing recent events?

chorus:
"but ere a torch our crown of towers could burn, ere they had tasted of our blood, they turn forced by the dragon; in their rear the din of ares panic-struck they hear. for zeus who hates the braggarts boast beheld that gold-bespangled host; as at the goal the paean they upraise, he struck them with his forked lightning blaze."

"to earthly from earth rebounding, down he crashed; the fire-brand from his impious hand was dashed, as like bacchic reveler on he came, outbreathing hate and flame, and tottered. elsewhere in the field, here, there, great area like a war-horse wielded; beneath his car down thrust our foreman bit the dust."

"seven captains at our seven gates thundered; for each a champion weights, each left behind his armor bright, trophy for zeus who turns the fight; save two alone, that ill-stared pair one mother to one father bare, who lance in rest, one 'gainst the other drave, and both perished, brother slain by brother."

"now victory to thebes returns again and smiles upon her chariot-circled plain. now let feast and festal should memories of war blot out. let us to the temples throng, dance and sing the live night long. god of the best, lead thou the round. bacchus, shaker of the ground! "

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."