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A medieval manuscript called L contains all eighteen extant tragedies by the Greek playwright Euripides. Of these, ten called the "select plays," are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also appear in other medieval manuscripts; this group includes some of Euripides' best-known works, including the Medea. The other eight, which appear only in L, are called the "alphabeticals" because they appear in alphabetical order, without commentary. The Electra is one of the "alphabeticals".
Which of the following can be reliably concluded on the basis of the Statements given?
Only Euripides' best-known works are accompanied by ancient commentaries in extant medieval manuscripts.
The select plays are accompanied by ancient commentaries because they were the best known of Euripides' works.
No commentaries were written about Euripides' Electra in ancient times.
Euripides' Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts unaccompanied by ancient commentary.
Euripides' Electra does not appear accompanied by a commentary in any extant medieval manuscript.
讨论范围extant medieval manuscripts。L是其中之一。L中，分两类：10篇L有其他手稿也有*特征this group includes some of Euripides' best-known works,代表作the Medea：；8篇L独有*特征appear in alphabetical order, without commentary. 代表作The Electra。
medieval意思是中世纪
the entire passage is concerned exclusively with the surviving manuscripts of these plays. 我们只知道现存的只有L里有，且还没有commentary，但有可能以前有但没存下来，故C错误，E正确
the entire passage is concerned exclusively with the surviving manuscripts of these plays. 我们只知道现存的只有L里有，且还没有commentary，但有可能以前有但没存下来，故C错误，E正确
medieval manuscript = L, E仅出现在L中，没有commentary --- > E没有来自**medieval**的commentary （陷阱：medieval不等于ancient time）。
所以我认为此题的关键应该是在medieval上，而不是extant
C. No commentaries were written about Euripides’ Electra in ancient times.
L中的E没有评论，不表示E从来没有评论
E. Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a commentary in any extant medieval manuscript.
首先，E出现在L中，但是没有评论
其次，E没有出现在过其他的手稿中
综上，E在所有的手稿中都没有伴随评论出现过
the entire passage is concerned exclusively with the surviving manuscripts of these plays. that's all.
back in ancient times—when the play was first written—there may have been thousands and thousands of copies of Electra with commentary.
or there may have been none.
we just don't know.
we have a bunch of information about what is still in existence now, but, of course, that can't tell us anything about what existed back then.