Although some characters in Homer's poems are cremated in the Mycenaean Age, this could not have really happened because ________

A. Mycenaeans buried their dead in temples
B. Mycenaeans buried their dead in tholos tombs
C. Mycenaeans buried their seafaring people at sea
D. cremation was considered an act of the devil
E. cremation was allowed only for clerics


Answer: B

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