Archeological researchers believe that the name was etched by an admirer and confirms that people knew that the great man had made the place his lair. Not all scholars will agree, and more work will be done, but the report is a welcome connection with the humanity of the ancients, who too often seem as remote as gods. Perhaps Euripides sat there composing his rough drafts with a stylus on wax tablets, then switched to expensive papyrus and ink for the final copies. Whatever the tools, the creative process was probably about the same as it is for today's playwrights sitting at computers - painful. In many ways the mysterious cave and clay pot are more intriguing than modern docudramas purporting to tell the public everything there is to know about a subject, and more.
History is a terrific detective yarn that never ends.