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What original copies of ancient plays have survived?

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"Codex Mediceus (Laurentianus 32.9, "M"): 10th–11th century, held in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence.

Codex Florentinus (Laurentianus 31.8, "F"): 13th–14th century, contains scholia and some textual variants, also in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana.

Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1334 ("V"): 14th century, contains Prometheus Bound and fragments of other plays, held in the Vatican Library.

Codex Parisinus Graecus 2786 ("P"): 14th century, contains Persians and Seven Against Thebes, held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Codex Neapolitanus (Neap. II.F.31, "N"): 14th century, contains Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides (the Oresteia), held in the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples.

Codex Venetus Marcianus Graecus 468 ("U"): 14th century, contains Prometheus Bound and fragments, also held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.


These manuscripts are crucial for preserving the original texts of these ancient plays, allowing modern audiences to experience the works as they were originally written."

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