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.

答案是E，但我觉得D更可靠。因为E中概念放大了，原文只说在L中not  accompanied by a com-

mentary

mentary

仔细想了一下

C中没有考虑commentary单独出现的情况，因为文中只说了没有和原文一起出现

D中没有考虑只出现原文的情况

好像还是只有E对

支持E

C、D 虽不全面，但 E 似乎也有问题？

题目给出的条件中并未指出这个手稿是目前仅存的，也就是说可能存在别的手稿，它是

包含有对 Electra 的评论的啊？

E剧作家的L手稿中包含了18个悲剧，其中10个有注解，另外8个没注解，Electra就是

这8个里面的一个。

问可以推出什么结论：

E说E剧作家的Electra并非以有注解的形式出现在任何手稿中