18. GWD26-Q18

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 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?

A.    Only Euripides’ best-known works are accompanied by ancient

commentaries in extant medieval manuscripts.

B.    The select plays are accompanied by ancient commentaries

because they were the best known of Euripides’ works.

C.    No commentaries were written about Euripides’ Electra in

ancient times.

D.    Euripides’ Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts

unaccompanied by ancient commentary.

E.     Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.

The Answer is E. I wonder how it derives "  Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-mentary in any extant medieval manuscript" from "Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied in L".

So confused.. Can anyone help? Thanks!

I saw the same issue. Anyone can explain this?

有个叫L的mm包含18个现存的t,18个t分为两部分，第一部分是10个t，叫sp,伴随着ancient commentaries,而且这10个t也会出现在其他的mm中，这些t包括Medea；剩下来得8个t按照字母排序，没有commentary,Electra 是其中的一个t。

commentaries in extant medieval manuscripts. 为涉及

B.     The select plays are accompanied by ancient commentaries

because they were the best known of Euripides’ works. 未涉及

C.     No commentaries were written about Euripides’ Electra in

ancient times. 文章只是说Electra 没有commentary,并没有说这些commentary是写在古时候，而且也没有说Electra 一定是Euripides’

D.     Euripides’ Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts

unaccompanied by ancient commentary.  只是说Medea 有commentary并不能推出Medea 一定从来都没有出现在mm中部伴随着古代的评论

E.      Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.  是按字母顺序出现，所以就不会重复出现，文章已经说了Electra 是分在这个叫L的mm中的另外8个没有commtenary的et中的，所以Electra 不会伴随着评论出现在任何一个现存的mm里面

不知道有没有帮助的~~

A. is not right coz --> this group includes some of

Euripides’ best-known works (some are not the best-known), including the Medea.

B. is not right coz -- the same reason to refute A

C. we cannot judge according to the information stated in the question -- the statement related to the past

D. we cannot judge according to the information stated in the question -- the statement related to the past

E. Electra not in the 10 pieces group that appear in other medieval manuscripts and are accompanied by ancient commentaries (in the manuscripts)

是啊,我也感觉奇怪.

有人说是C,但是你看看C说的是古时候没有对Euripides’ Electra的评论.原文只是说L对18个戏剧中的10个做了评论,可没保证没有其他人不对另外的8个不做评论吧.

有人说是E,但是E说的是在现存的中世纪的手稿中,Euripides’ Electra都没有被评论.原文只是说手稿L不评论,并不表明其他现存的中世纪手稿里面没有评论吧(或许有或许没有)