You will never read:
>Margites
>Cyprias
>Aethiopis
>Little Illiad
>Illupersis
>Nostoi
>Telegony
Why even live?
Tons of great greek tragedians have a scant amount of extant work too. Feels bad.
>>8030921
I will find them
>>8030974
I-is that a promise, anon?
>>8030993
ya probably
>>8030974
I believe you in you my friend, We should all read book and provide links here for our friends so they can enjoy reading as well
>>8030921
I feel so bad thinking about how many great works have been lost. I'd trade all post 1950's lit to get some of them back.
>>8030921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_work#Notable_lost_works
>>8030921
Almost all the Greek Tragedies, gone forever
Daily Reminder to thank the Byzantines for keeping Ancient Greek literature in the public consciousness.
>>8030921
>you will never read the book of Heraclitus
That book left Socrates befuddled. I wish more than his fragments survived. Heraclitus was the greatest philosopher of history.
>>8031069
Destroying the entire collected works of ancient Greece because the Constantinople library was too big*
Fixed that for you.
>>8031106
Romans in general were troglodytes like that. I can't think of any civilization other than the Mongols or Americans that have destroyed more culture.
>>8031124
China
>>8031124
>Americans
>destroyed culture
Explain this meme.