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A lost work is a document or literary work produced some time in the past of which no surviving copies are known to exist. Works may be lost to history either through the destruction of the original manuscript, or through the non-survival of any copies of the work. Deliberate destruction of works may be termed literary crime or literary vandalism. In some cases fragments may survive, either found by archeology, or sometimes reused as bookbinding materials, or because they are quoted in other works. For other uses, see Literature (disambiguation). ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Old book binding and cover Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. ...


The term is most commonly applied to works from the classical world, although it is increasingly used in relation to more modern works. For other uses, see Classics (disambiguation). ...

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Notable lost works

Classical world

Specific works

  • Agatharchides':
    • Ta kata ten Asian (Affairs in Asia) in 10 books,
    • Ta kata ten Europen (Affairs in Europe) in 49 books
    • Peri ten Erythras thalasses (On the Erythraean Sea) in 5 books
  • Sulpicius Alexander's Historia.
  • Anaxagoras' book of philosophy- only fragments of the first part have survived.
  • Archimedes' On Sphere-Making.
  • Aristarchus of Samos' astronomy book outlining his heliocentric theory
  • Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus' De Vita Sua
  • Berossus' Babyloniaca (History of Babylonia)
  • Gaius Iulius Caesar's
    • Anticatonis Libri II (only fragments survived)
    • Carmina et prolusiones (only fragments survived)
    • De analogia libri II ad M. Tullium Ciceronem
    • De astris liber
    • Dicta collectanea ("collected sayings", also known by the Greek title άποφθέγματα)
    • Letters (only fragments survived)
      • Epistulae ad Ciceronem
      • Epistulae ad familiares
    • Iter (only one fragment survived)
    • Laudes Herculis
    • Libri auspiciorum ("books of auspices", also known as Auguralia)
    • Oedipus
    • other works:
      • contributions to the libri pontificales as pontifex maximus
      • possibly some early love poems
  • Callisthenes'
    • An account of Alexander's expedition
    • A history of Greece from the Peace of Antalcidas (387) to the Phocian war (357)
    • A history of the Phocian war
  • Sulla's Memoirs, referenced by Plutarch
  • Cato the Elder's:
    • Origines, a 7 book history of Rome and the Italian states.
    • Carmen de moribus, a book of prayers or incantations for the dead in verse.
    • Praecepta ad Filium, a collection of maxims.
    • A collection of his speeches.
  • Quintus Tullius Cicero's four tragedies in the Greek style: Tiroas, Erigones, Electra, and one other.
  • Claudius'
    • De arte alea
    • an Etruscan dictionary
    • an Etruscan history
    • a history of Augustus' reign
    • eight volumes on Carthaginian history
    • a defense of Cicero against the charges of Asinius Gallus
  • Ctesias':
    • Persica, a history of Assyria and Persia in 23 books.
    • Indica, an account of India
  • Euclid's
    • Conics, a work on conic sections later extended by Apollonius of Perga into his famous work on the subject.
    • Porisms, the exact meaning of the title is controversial.
    • Pseudaria, or Book of Fallacies, an elementary text about errors in reasoning.
    • Surface Loci concerned either loci (sets of points) on surfaces or loci which were themselves surfaces.
  • Verrius Flaccus':
    • De Orthographia: De Obscuris Catonis, an elucidation of obscurities in the writings of Cato the Elder
    • Saturnus, dealing with questions of Roman ritual
    • Rerum memoria dignarum libri, an encyclopaedic work much used by Pliny the Elder
    • Res Etruscae, probably on augury.
  • Gorgias':
    • On Non-Existence (or On Nature) - Only two sketches of it exist.
    • Epitaphios - What exists is thought to be only a small fragment of a significantly longer piece.
  • Homer's Margites.
  • Lucan's:
    • Catachthonion
    • Iliacon from the Trojan cycle
    • Epigrammata
    • Adlocutio ad Pollam
    • Silvae
    • Saturnalia
    • Medea
    • Salticae Fabulae
    • Laudes Neronis, a praise of Nero
    • Orpheus
    • Prosa oratio in Octavium Sagittam
    • Epistulae ex Campania
    • De Incendio Urbis
  • Memnon of Heraclea's history of Heraclea Pontica.
  • Nicander's:
    • Aetolica, a prose history of Aetolia.
    • Heteroeumena, a mythological epic.
    • Georgica and Melissourgica, of which considerable fragments are preserved.
  • Ovid's poem Medea, of which only two fragments survive.
  • Pamphilus of Alexandria's comprehensive lexicon in 95 books of foreign or obscure words.
  • Pherecydes of Leros:
    • A history of Leros
    • an essay, On Iphigeneia
    • On the Festivals of Dionysus
    • Genealogies of the gods and heroes, originally in ten books; numerous fragments have been preserved.
  • Pherecydes of Syros' Heptamychia
  • Pliny the Elder's:
    • History of the German Wars, some quotations survive in Tacitus' Annals
    • Studiosus, a detailed work on rhetoric
    • Dubii sermonis, in eight books
    • History of his Times, in thirty-one books, also quoted by Tacitus.
  • Gaius Asinius Pollio's Historiae ("Histories")
  • Alexander Polyhistor's Successions of Philosophers.
  • Praxagoras's History of Constantine the Great[1].
  • Prodicus':
    • On Nature
    • On the Nature of Man
    • "On Propriety of Language"
    • On the Choice of Heracles
  • Protagoras':
    • "On the Gods" (essay)
    • On the Art of Disputation
    • On the Original State of Things
    • On Truth
  • Quintilian's De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae (On the Causes of Corrupted Eloquence)
  • Diodorus Siculus' Bibliotheca historia (Historical Library)- of 40 books, only the first 5 books, and books 10 through 20 are extant.
  • The Hellespontine Sibyl's Sibylline Books
  • Socrates' verse versions of Aesop's Fables.
  • Strabo's History.
  • Marcus Terentius Varro's:
    • Saturarum Menippearum libri CL (Menippean Satires in 150 books)
    • Antiquatatum rerum humanarum et divinarum libri XLI
    • Logistoricon libri LXXVI
    • Hebdomades vel de imaginibus
    • Disciplinarum libri IX
  • Suetonius'
    • De Viris Illustribus ("On Famous Men" — in the field of literature), to which belongs: De Illustribus Grammaticis ("Lives Of The Grammarians"), De Claris Rhetoribus ("Lives Of The Rhetoricians"), and Lives Of The Poets. Some fragments exist.
    • Lives of Famous Whores
    • Royal Biographies
    • Roma ("On Rome"), in four parts: Roman Manners & Customs, The Roman Year, The Roman Festivals, and Roman Dress.
    • Greek Games
    • On Public Offices
    • On Cicero’s Republic
    • The Physical Defects of Mankind
    • Methods of Reckoning Time
    • An Essay on Nature
    • Greek Terms of Abuse
    • Grammatical Problems
    • Critical Signs Used in Books
  • The work of the Cyclic poets (excluding Homer), specifically:

Agatharchides of Cnidus, was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC); Strabo (14. ... Sulpicius Alexander was a historian of Germanic tribes. ... Anaxagoras Anaxagoras (Greek: Αναξαγόρας, c. ... For other uses, see Archimedes (disambiguation). ... On Sphere-Making is the title of a lost work by Archimedes, mentioned by Pappus of Alexandria. ... For other uses of this name, including the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, see Aristarchus Statue of Aristarchus at Aristotle University in Thessalonica, Greece Aristarchus (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος; 310 BC - ca. ... In astronomy, heliocentrism is the theory that the Sun is at the center of the Universe and/or the Solar System. ... For other persons named Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Callisthenes, or Kallisthenes, ( in Greek) of Olynthus (c. ... Antalcidas was a Spartan soldier and diplomatist. ... Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Latin: L·CORNELIVS·L·F·P·N·SVLLA·FELIX) ¹ (ca. ... Mestrius Plutarchus (Greek: Πλούταρχος; 46 - 127), better known in English as Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist. ... Marcus Porcius Cato (Latin: M·PORCIVS·M·F·CATO[1]) (234 BC, Tusculum–149 BC) was a Roman statesman, surnamed the Censor (Censorius), Sapiens, Priscus, or the Elder (Major), to distinguish him from Cato the Younger (his great-grandson). ... Quintus Tullius Cicero was the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero. ... For other persons named Claudius, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... Languages in Iron Age Italy, 6th century BC Etruscan was a language spoken and written in the ancient region of Etruria (current Tuscany plus western Umbria and northern Latium) and in parts of what are now Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna (where the Etruscans were displaced by Gauls), in Italy. ... Ctesias of Cnidus (in Caria) (Greek ), was a Greek physician and historian, who flourished in the 5th century BC. In early life he was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger. ... For other uses, see Euclid (disambiguation). ... Wikibooks has more on the topic of Conic section Types of conic sections Table of conics, Cyclopaedia, 1728 In mathematics, a conic section (or just conic) is a curve that can be formed by intersecting a cone (more precisely, a right circular conical surface) with a plane. ... Apollonius of Perga [Pergaeus] (ca. ... The subject of porisms is perplexed by the multitude of different views which have been held by geometers as to what a porism really was and is. ... Reasoning is the mental (cognitive) process of looking for reasons to support beliefs, conclusions, actions or feelings. ... In mathematics, a locus (Latin for place, plural loci) is a collection of points which share a common property. ... Marcus Verrius Flaccus (c. ... Marcus Porcius Cato (Latin: M·PORCIVS·M·F·CATO[1]) (234 BC, Tusculum–149 BC) was a Roman statesman, surnamed the Censor (Censorius), Sapiens, Priscus, or the Elder (Major), to distinguish him from Cato the Younger (his great-grandson). ... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19th Century portrait. ... Omens or portents are signs encountered fortuitously that are believed to foretell the future. ... Gorgias (in Greek Γοργἰας, circa 483-376 BC) // Introduction Due to his ushering in of rhetorical innovations involving structure and ornamentation and his introduction of paradoxologia – the idea of paradoxical thought and paradoxical expression – Gorgias of Leontini has been labeled the ‘father of sophistry’ (Wardy 6). ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... The Margites, a comic mock-epic of Ancient Greece, is about an idiot named Margites (Greek μάργος raving, mad; lustful) who was so dense he didnt know which parent had given birth to him. ... Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, AD 39-April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, and is one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. ... Memnon (in Greek Mεμνων; lived possibly 1st century CE) was a Greek historical writer, a native probably of Heraclea Pontica. ... Heraclea Pontica (Greek: Ηράκλεια Ποντική; modern day Karadeniz EreÄŸli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey, on the Black Sea), an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. ... Nicander (2nd century BC), Greek poet, physician and grammarian, was born at Claros, near Colophon, where his family held the hereditary priesthood of Apollo. ... For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation) Publius Ovidius Naso (March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid who wrote on topics of love, abandoned women and mythological transformations. ... Pamphilus (1st century AD) was a Greek grammarian, of the school of Aristarchus. ... The Greek mythographer Pherecydes of Leros (c. ... Leros (Greek: Λέρος; Italian: Lèro) is a Greek island in the Dodecanese, in the southern Aegean Sea. ... Pherecydes of Syros (in Greek: Φερεχύδης) was a Greek thinker from the island of Siros, Magna Graecia of the 6th century BC. Pherecydes authored the Heptamychia, one of the first attested prose works in Greek literature, which formed an important bridge between... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19th Century portrait. ... For other uses, see Tacitus (disambiguation). ... The Annals, or, in Latin, Annales, is a history book by Tacitus covering the reign of the 4 Roman Emperors succeeding to Caesar Augustus. ... Gaius Asinius Pollio ( 76/75 BC-AD 5) was a Roman orator, poet and historian. ... Lucius Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor was a Greek scholar who was enslaved by the Romans during the war of Sulla and taken to Rome as a tutor. ... Successions of Philosophers or Philosophers Successions is a lost book written by Alexander Polyhistor, and referenced several times in Diogenes Laertius book Vitae philosophorum (Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers). ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Prodicus of Ceos (Πρόδικος Pródikos, born c. ... Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) was born around 481 BC in Abdera, Thrace in Ancient Greece. ... Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c. ... Diodorus Siculus (c. ... Montfoorts rendering of the Hellespontine Sibyl The Hellespontine Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Dardania. ... The Sibylline Books or Sibyllae were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, purchased from a sibyl by the semi-legendary last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Republic and the Empire. ... This page is about the Classical Greek philosopher. ... Aesop, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel. ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... Marcus Terentius Varro ([[116 BC]–27 BC), also known as Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his contemporary Varro Atacinus, was a Roman scholar and writer, who the Romans came to call the most learned of all the Romans. ... Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus ( 69/75 - after 130), also known as Suetonius, was a prominent Roman historian and biographer. ... Cyclic Poets are epic poets who followed Homer and wrote poems and songs about the Trojan war. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... The Epic Cycle (Greek: Επικός Κύκλος) was a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War, which includes the Kypria, the Aithiopis, the Little Iliad, the Iliou persis (The Sack of Troy), the Nostoi (Returns), and the Telegony. ... The Cypria is one of the lost sections of the eight volume cycle that told the full story of the Trojan War. ... The Aithiopis (Greek: Αἰθιοπίς; Latin: Aethiopis) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. ... The Little Iliad (Greek: Ἰλιὰς μικρά, Ilias mikra; Latin: Ilias parva) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. ... The Iliou persis (Greek: ; also known as Iliupersis, esp. ... The Nostoi (Greek: Νόστοι; also known as Nosti in Latin; English: Returns;) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. ... The Telegony (Greek: Τηλεγόνεια, Telegoneia; Latin: Telegonia) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. ... The Theban Cycle is a collection of four lost epics of ancient Greek literature which related the mythical history of the Boiotian city of Thebes. ... The Thebaid is an Ancient Greek epic poem of uncertain authorship (see Cyclic poets) sometimes attributed by early writers to Homer. ... Epigoni (in Greek, Epigonoi The Next Generation) was an early Greek epic, a sequel to the Thebaid and therefore grouped in the Theban cycle. ... Alcmeonis (in Greek, Alkmeonis or Alkmaionis) is the title of a lost early Greek epic which is considered to have formed part of the Theban cycle. ... Cyclic Poets are epic poets who followed Homer and wrote poems and songs about the Trojan war. ... The Titanomachy is an epic poem, which is a part of Ancient Greek Mythology. ... Heraclea was the name of a large number of ancient cities founded by the Greeks. ... The Capture of Oechalia was an epic of the ancient Greek Epic Cycle variously attributed to both Homer and Creophilus of Samos; some sources say Homer gave the tale to Creophilus so that he could write it down. ... The Naupaktia (Greek: Ναυπάκτια; Latin Naupactia) is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature. ... Thestorides of Phocaea was a legendary or semi-legendary early Greek poet, one of those to whom the epic Little Iliad was ascribed. ... Minyas (Greek: Μινυάς) was the title of an early Greek epic poem, probably dating to the sixth century BC, which is now lost and whose author is unknown. ...

Multiple works

  • Lost plays of Aeschylus. He is believed to have written some 90 plays of which 6 plays survive. A seventh play is attributed to him. Fragments of his play Achilles were discovered in the wrappings of a mummy in the 1990s
  • Lost plays of Agathon. None of them survive.
  • Lost poems of Alcaeus. Of a reported ten scrolls, there exist only quotes and numerous fragments.
  • Lost choral poems of Alcman. Of six books of choral lyrics were known (ca. 50-60 hymns), only fragmentary quotations in other Greek authors were known until the discovery of a fragment in 1855, containing approximately 100 verses. In the 1960's, many more fragments were discovered and published from a dig at Oxyrhynchus.
  • Lost poems of Anacreon. Of the five books of lyrical pieces mentioned in the Suda and by Athenaeus, only mere fragments collected from the citations of later writers now exist.
  • Lost works of Anaximander. There are a few extant fragments of his works.
  • Lost plays of Aristarchus of Tegea. Of seventy pieces, only the titles of two of his plays, with a single line of the text have survived.
  • Lost plays of Aristophanes. He wrote forty plays, eleven of which survive.
  • Lost works of Aristotle. It is believed that we have about one fifth of his original works.
  • Lost work of Aristoxenus. He is said to have written 453 works, dealing with philosophy, ethics and music. His only extant work is Elements of Harmony.
  • Lost works of the historian Arrian.
  • Lost works of Callimachus. Of about 800 works, in verse and prose; only six hymns, sixty-four epigrams and some fragments survive; a considerable fragment of the epic Hecale, was discovered in the Rainer papyri.
  • Lost works of Chrysippus. Of over 700 written works, none survive, except a few fragments embedded in the works of later authors.
  • Lost works of Cicero. Of his books, six on rhetoric have survived, and parts of seven on philosophy.
  • Lost plays of Cratinus. Only fragments of his works have been preserved.
  • Lost works of Democritus. He wrote extensively on ethics, of which little remains.
  • Lost works of Diphilus. He is said to have written 100 comedies, the titles of fifty of which are preserved.
  • Lost works of Ennius. Only fragments of his works survive.
  • Lost works of Empedocles. Little of what he wrote survives today.
  • Lost plays of Epicharmus of Kos. He wrote between 35 and 52 comedies, many of which have been lost or exist only in fragments.
  • Lost plays of Euripides. He is believed to have written over ninety plays, eighteen of which have survived. Fragments, some substantial, of most other plays also survive.
  • Lost plays of Eupolis. Of the 17 plays attributed to him, only fragments remain.
  • Lost works of Heraclitus. His writings only survive in fragments quoted by other authors.
  • Lost works of Hippasus. Few of his original works now survive.
  • Lost works of Hippias. He is credited with an excellent work on Homer, collections of Greek and foreign literature, and archaeological treatises, but nothing remains except the barest notes.
  • Lost poems of Ibycus. According to the Suda, he wrote seven books of lyrics.
  • Lost works of Clitomachus. According to Diogenes Laertius, he wrote some 400 books, of which none are extant today, although a few titles are known.
  • Lost works of Leucippus. No writings exist which we can attribute to him.
  • Lost works of Melissus of Samos. Only fragments preserved in other writers' works exist.
  • Lost plays of Menander. He wrote over a hundred comedies of which one survives. Fragments of a number of his plays survive.
  • Lost works of Philemon. Of his ninety-seven works, fifty-seven are known to us only as titles and fragments.
  • Lost poetry of Pindar. Of his varied books of poetry, only his victory odes survive in complete form. The rest are known only by quotations in other works or papyrus scraps unearthed in Egypt.
  • Lost plays of Plautus. He wrote approximately one hundred and thirty plays, of which twenty-one survive.
  • Lost poems and orations of Pliny the Younger.
  • Rhetorical works of Julius Pollux.
  • Lost works of Posidonius. All of his works are now lost. Some fragments exist, as well as titles and subjects of many of his books.[2]
  • Lost works of Proclus. A number of his commentaries on Plato are lost.
  • Lost works of Pythagoras. No texts by him survive.
  • Lost plays of Rhinthon. Of thirty-eight plays, only a few titles and lines have been preserved.
  • Lost poems of Sappho. Only a few full poems and fragments of others survive.
  • Lost poems of Simonides of Ceos. Of his poetry we possess two or three short elegies, several epigrams and about 90 fragments of lyric poetry.
  • Lost plays of Sophocles. Of 123 plays, 7 survive, with fragments of others.
  • Lost poems of Stesichorus. Of several long works, significant fragments survive.
  • Lost works of Theodectes. Of his fifty tragedies, we have the names of about thirteen and a few unimportant fragments. His treatise on the art of rhetoric and his speeches are lost.
  • Lost works of Xenophanes. Fragments of his poetry survive only as quotations by later Greek writers.
  • Lost works of Zeno of Elea. None of his works survive intact.

This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... This article is about the corpse preparation method, for other uses of Mummy see Mummy (disambiguation) An Egyptian mummy kept in the Vatican Museums. ... Agathon (c. ... Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mitylene (ca. ... Alcman (also Alkman, Greek ) (7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. ... Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρυγχος; sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian Per-Medjed; modern Egyptian Arabic el-Bahnasa) is an archaeological site in Egypt, considered one of the most important ever discovered. ... Anacreon roman copy , Rome in Palazzo dei Conservatori Anacreon (also Anakreon) (born ca. ... Suda (Σουδα or alternatively Suidas) is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopædia of the ancient Mediterranean world. ... Athenaeus (ca. ... Anaximander Possibly what Anaximanders map looked like Anaximander (Greek: Αναξίμανδρος)(c. ... Aristarchus of Tegea was a contemporary of Sophocles and Euripides, who lived to be a centenarian, to compose seventy pieces and to win two tragic victories. ... This article is about the 5-4th century BC dramatist. ... For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). ... Aristoxenus (Greek: Ἀριστόξενος) of Tarentum (4th century BC) was a Greek peripatetic philosopher, and writer on music and rhythm. ... Alexander the Great Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c. ... Callimachus (Greek: ; ca. ... In Greek mythology, Hecale was an old woman who offered succor to Theseus on his way to capture the Marathonian Bull. ... Chrysippus of Soli (279-207 BC) was Cleanthess pupil and eventual successor to the head of the stoic philosophy (232-204 BC). ... For other uses, see Cicero (disambiguation). ... Cratinus (c. ... ‎ Democritus (Greek: ) was a pre-Socratic Greek materialist philosopher (born at Abdera in Thrace ca. ... Diphilus, of Sinope, poet of the new Attic comedy and contemporary of Menander (342-291 BC). ... Quintus Ennius (239 - 169 BC) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. ... Empedocles (Greek: , ca. ... A painting by Jacob Philipp Hackert Epicharmus is considered to have lived within the hundred year period between c. ... A statue of Euripides. ... Eupolis (ca. ... Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ancient Greek - Herákleitos ho Ephésios (Herakleitos the Ephesian)) (about 535 - 475 BC), known as The Obscure (Ancient Greek - ho Skoteinós), was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of Ephesus on the coast of Asia Minor. ... Hippasus of Metapontum, born circa 500 B.C. in Magna Graecia, was a Greek philosopher. ... Hippias can also refer to a son of Pisistratus and a tyrant of Athens. ... Ibycus (), of Rhegium in Italy, Greek lyric poet, contemporary of Anacreon, flourished in the 6th century BC. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. ... Suda (Σουδα or alternatively Suidas) is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopædia of the ancient Mediterranean world. ... For other persons named Kleitomachos, see Kleitomachos (disambiguation). ... Diogenes Laërtius, the biographer of the Greek philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname from the town of Laerte in Cilicia, and by others from the Roman family of the Laërtii. ... This article is about the philosopher. ... Melissus of Samos, Greek philosopher of the Eleatic School, was born probably not later than 470 BC. According to Diogenes Laërtius, ix. ... Bust of Menander Menander (342–291 BC) (Greek ), Greek dramatist, the chief representative of the New Comedy, was born in Athens. ... Philemon (c. ... For the PINDAR military bunker in London, please see the PINDAR section of Military citadels under London Pindar (or Pindarus, Greek: ) (probably born 522 BC in Cynoscephalae, a village in Boeotia; died 443 BC in Argos), was a Greek lyric poet. ... Titus Macchius Plautus, generally referred to simply as Plautus, was a playwright of Ancient Rome. ... Gayus Plinius Colonoscopy Caecilius Secundus (63 - ca. ... Julius Pollux (2nd century AD) was an Alexandrian grammarian and sophist who taught at Athens, where he was appointed professor of rhetoric at the Academy by the emperor Commodus — on account of his melodious voice, according to Philostratus Nothing of his rhetorical works has survived except some of their titles... The bust of Posidonius as an older man depicts his character as a Stoic philosopher. ... This article is about Proclus Diadochus, the Neoplatonist philosopher. ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... Pythagoras of Samos (Greek: ; between 580 and 572 BC–between 500 and 490 BC) was an Ionian (Greek) philosopher[1] and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. ... Rhinthon (c. ... For other uses, see Sappho (disambiguation). ... Bold textil8jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjpooSimonides of Ceos (ca. ... This article is about the Greek tragedian. ... Stesichorus (, lit. ... Theodectes (c. ... Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek: Ξενοφάνης, 570 BC-480 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. ... Zeno of Elea (IPA:zÉ›noÊŠ, É›lɛɑː)(circa 490 BC? – circa 430 BC?) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of southern Italy and a member of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides. ...

Early Chinese texts

The monarch known now as Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chin Shih-huang) (259 BCE – September 10, 210 BCE),[1] personal name Yíng Zhèng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BCE to 221 BCE (officially still under the Zhou Dynasty), and... Burning of the books and burial of the scholars (Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: FénshÅ« KÄ“ngrú) is a phrase that refers to a policy and a sequence of events in the Qin Dynasty of China, between the period of 213 BC and 206 BC. // According to the Records... The Classic of Music (樂經) is sometime referred to as the sixth chinese classic text, but is lost by the time of the Han dynasty. ... Confucius (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kung-fu-tzu), lit. ... The Hanlin Academy (翰林院) was founded in China in the 8th century. ... Combatants Eight-Nation Alliance (ordered by contribution): Empire of Japan Russian Empire British Empire France United States German Empire Kingdom of Italy Austro-Hungarian Empire Righteous Harmony Society Qing Dynasty (China) Commanders Edward Seymour Alfred Graf von Waldersee Ci Xi Strength 20,000 initially 49,000 total 50,000-100...

Manichaean texts

The Arzhang is the holy book of Manichaeism, written and illustrated by its prophet Mani. ... Manichean priests, writing at their desk, with panel inscription in Sogdian. ...

Lost Biblical texts

Hexapla (Gr. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Note: Judaism... Origen Origen (Greek: ÅŒrigénÄ“s, 185–ca. ... The Q document or Q (from the German Quelle, source) is a postulated lost textual source for the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke. ... This article is about the Christian scriptures. ...

Lost books of the Old Testament

The Covenant Code is a text appearing in the Torah at Exodus 21:2 - 23:33. ... The Book of The Wars of The Lord is one of several books referenced in the Hebrew Bible of which no copies are known to exist. ... The Book of Jasher is the normal English name (used by e. ... Book of Jasher (Pseudo-Jasher). ... Sefer haYashar (midrash), a Hebrew midrash known in English translation mostly as The Book of Jasher. ... The Acts of Solomon is a lost text that may have been written by the Biblical prophet Iddo, who was the author of other lost texts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The book called the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. ... The Book of the Kings of Israel is a non-canonical work described in 1Chronicles 9:1-2. ... The Annals of King David is a lost text that may have been written by the Biblical prophet Nathan, who was one of King Davids contemporaries. ... The Book of Samuel the Seer is a lost text that was probably written by the Biblical Judge/Prophet Samuel. ... The Book of Nathan the Prophet is a lost text that claims authorship by the Biblical prophet Nathan. ... The Book of Gad the Seer is a lost text that was probably written by the Biblical prophet Gad. ... The History of Nathan the Prophet is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. ... The Prophecy of Ahijah is a lost text that may have been written by the Biblical prophet Ahijah. ... The book called the Visions of Iddo the Seer is a lost text that was probably written by the Biblical Prophet Iddo, who lived at the time of Rehoboam. ... The Book of Shemaiah the Prophet is one of the lost books of the Old Testament. ... The book called the Iddo Genealogies is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. ... The Story of the Prophet Iddo is a lost text that was probably written by the Biblical Prophet Iddo, who lived at the time of Rehoboam. ... The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel is one of the lost books of the Old Testament. ... The Book of Jehu is a lost text that may have been written by the Biblical prophet Jehu ben Hanani, who was one of King Baashas contemporaries. ... The Story of the Book of Kings is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. ... The Acts of Uziah is a lost text that may have been written by Isaiah, who was one of King Uzziahs contemporaries. ... The Acts of the Kings of Israel is a non-canonical work described in 2Chronicles 33:18. ... The Sayings of the Seers is the name given to the supposed source of text described in 2Chronicles 33:19. ... Laments for Josiah is the term used in reference to 2Chronicles 35:25. ... Several texts are mentioned in the Tanakh (Old Testament) and New Testament, yet do not appear in the canon of the respective works. ... Several texts are mentioned in the Tanakh (Old Testament) and New Testament, yet do not appear in the canon of the respective works. ...

Lost books of the New Testament

The Epistle to Corinth is one of the Lost books of the New Testament. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lost books of the New Testament. ... The Epistle from Laodicea to the Colossians is one of the Lost books of the New Testament. ... The Earlier Epistle of John is one of the Lost books of the New Testament. ... The Missing Epistle of Jude is one of the Lost books of the New Testament. ...

Lost New Testament apocrypha

The Gospel of Eve is a currently almost entirely lost text from the New Testament apocrypha, which may be the same as the also lost Gospel of Perfection. ... The Gospel of Judas is a Gnostic gospel. ... Coptic is an adjective referring to the original inhabitants of Egypt, the Copts. ... First page of the Codex Argenteus A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a handwritten book, in general, one produced from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages. ... Gospel of Mani - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Gospel of Matthias is a lost text from the New Testament apocrypha, ascribed to Matthias, the apostle chosen by lots to replace Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:15-26). ... The Gospel of Perfection is a currently lost text from the New Testament apocrypha. ... The Gospel of the Four Heavenly Realms is a currently lost text from the New Testament apocrypha. ... The Gospel of the Hebrews (see About titles below), is a lost gospel that is only preserved in a few quotations in the Panarion of Epiphanius, a church writer who lived at the end of the 4th century AD, who goes on to say that. ... The Gospel of the Seventy is a currently lost text from the New Testament apocrypha. ... The Gospel of the Twelve is a currently lost text from the New Testament apocrypha. ... Memoria Apostolorum, which means (in) memory of the apostles, is one of the lost texts from the New Testament apocrypha. ... The Secret Gospel of Mark refers to a non-canonical gospel which is the subject of the Mar Saba letter, a previously unknown letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria which Morton Smith claimed to have found transcribed into the endpapers of a 17th century printed edition of Ignatius. ...

2nd century

  • Hegesippus' Hypomnemata (Memoirs) in five books, and a history of the Christian church.
  • The Gospel of the Lord compiled by Marcion of Sinope to support his interpretation of Christianity. Marcion's writings were suppressed although a portion of them have been recreated from the works that were used to denounce them.
  • Papias' Exposition of the Oracles of the Lord in five books, mentioned by Eusebius.

Hegesippus (ca 110 A.D. - ca 180), was a Christian chronicler of the early Christian church and writer countering heresies. ... The Gospel of Marcion or the Gospel of the Lord was a text used by the mid-second century anti-Christian teacher Marcion to the exclusion of the other gospels. ... Marcion of Sinope (ca. ...

3rd century

  • Various works of Tertullian. Some fifteen works in Latin or Greek are lost, some as recently as the 9th century (De Paradiso, De superstitione saeculi, De carne et anima were all extant in the now damaged Codex Agobardinus in 814 AD).

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian, (ca. ... The Codex Agobardinus is a collection of the works of Christian author Tertullian, dating from the 9th century. ...

4th century

Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea (c. ...

5th century

  • Sozomen's history of the Christian church, from the Ascension of Jesus to the defeat of Licinius in 323, in twelve books.

Salminius Hermias Sozomen (c. ...

12th century

Giraldus Cambrensis (c. ... Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300. ... As a literary genre, romance or chivalric romance refers to a style of heroic prose and verse narrative current in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ... André de France or André de Paris is the hero of an Old French romance, written in the 12th century, whose text is now lost. ... Gui dExcideuil is the hero of an Old French romance, written in the 12th century, whose text is now lost. ...

14th century

  • Inventio Fortunata - a 14th century description of the geography of the North Pole.
  • Itinerarium - a geography book by Jacobus Cnoyen of 's-Hertogenbosch, cited by Gerardus Mercator
  • Res gestae Arturi britanni (The Deeds of Arthur of Britain) - book cited by Jacobus Cnoyen
  • Of the Wreched Engendrynge of Mankynde, Origenes upon the Maudeleyne, and The book of the Leoun - three works by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Inventio Fortunata (also Inventio Fortunate, Inventio Fortunat or Inventio Fortunatae), Discovery of Fortunata, is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th Century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... For other uses, see North Pole (disambiguation). ... s-Hertogenbosch ( ) (literally The Dukes Forest), colloquially known as Den Bosch ( (help· info)) — translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German as Herzogenbusch and in Spanish as Bolduque — is a municipality in the Netherlands, and also the capital of the province of North Brabant. ... Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594) was a Flemish cartographer. ... Chaucer redirects here. ...

15th century

Inca Quipu. ... For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ... A Conquistador (Spanish: []) (English: Conqueror) was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer who took part in the gradual invasion and conquering of much of the Americas and Asia Pacific, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. ...

16th century

  • Ur-Hamlet - an earlier version of the play Hamlet predating William Shakespeare's version, author believed to be Thomas Kyd.
  • Love's Labour's Won, lost play by William Shakespeare.
  • Maya codices ceremonially destroyed by Diego de Landa (1524-1579), bishop of Yucatán, on 12 July 1562. At least 27 codices and approximately 5,000 Mayan "idols" were burnt.
  • The Ocean to Cynthia - a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh of which only fragments are known.
  • Luís de Camões' philosophic work The Parnasum of Luís Vaz is lost.
  • During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, many monastic libraries were destroyed. Worcester Abbey had 600 books at the time of the dissolution. Only six of them have survived intact to the present day. At the abbey of the Augustinian Friars at York, a library of 646 volumes was destroyed, leaving only three surviving books. Some books were destroyed for their precious bindings, others were sold off by the cartload, including irreplaceable early English works. It is believed that many of the earliest Anglo-Saxon manuscripts were lost at this time.
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Ur-Hamlet was the name given by nineteenth century German scholars to a pre-Shakespearean Hamlet written before 1589. ... For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Thomas Kyd (1558 - 1594) was an English dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. ... Loves Labours Won, alternatively written Loves labours wonne, is the name of a play written by William Shakespeare before 1598. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Page 9 of the Dresden Codex (from the 1880 Förstermann edition) Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books stemming from the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, written in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican paper, made from the inner bark of certain trees, the main being the wild fig tree or... Diego de Landa Calderón (1524 – 1579) was Bishop of Yucatán. ... Location within Mexico Country Capital Municipalities 106 Government  - Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI  - Federal Deputies PAN: 4 PRI: 1  - Federal Senators Hugo Laviada (PAN) Alfredo Rodríguez (PAN) Cleominio Zoreda (PRI) Area Ranked 20th  - State 38,402 km²  (14,827. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1562 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ... This article is about the sixteenth-century explorer. ... Monument to Luís de Camões, Lisbon Luís Vaz de Camões (pron. ... For other uses of the term dissolution see Dissolution. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495–November, 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, Bishop of Ossory. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... The Isle of Dogs is play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson which was performed in 1597. ... Thomas Nashe (November 1567–1600?) was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... Hot Anger soon Cold is a play written by Henry Chettle, Henry Porter and Ben Jonson. ... Henry Chettle (1564?-1607?) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer of the Elizabethan era. ... Henry Porter (d. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... Philip Henslowe (c 1550 - January 6, 1616) was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... The Stepmothers Tragedy is a play written by Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker. ... Henry Chettle (1564?-1607?) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer of the Elizabethan era. ... Thomas Dekker, (c. ... Philip Henslowe (c 1550 - January 6, 1616) was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur. ... Year 1599 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Henry Chettle (1564?-1607?) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer of the Elizabethan era. ... Robert Wilson may refer to: Rob Wilson MP for Reading East Sir Robert Wilson (astronomer), a British astronomer Sir Robert Wilson (businessman), chairman of BG Group Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, a British general and politician Robert L. Wilson (1920-1944), U.S. Marine, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action...

17th century

  • Cardenio, play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher (1613)
  • El Manuscrito de Astorga, written by one Juan de Bergara in 1624. Dealt with fly fishing, has been in the possession of Francisco Franco.
  • Lost haikus of Ihara Saikaku.
  • Jean Racine's first play, Amasie (1660) is lost.
  • John Milton wrote nearly two acts of a tragedy called Adam Unparadiz'd, which was then lost. [8]
  • Lost works of Molière:
    • A translation of "De Rerum Natura" by Lucretius.
    • Le Docteur amoureux (play, 1658)
    • Gros-René, petit enfant (play, 1659)
    • Le Docteur Pédant (play, 1660)
    • Les Trois Docteurs (play, ca. 1660)
    • Gorgibus dans le sac (play, 1661)
    • Le Fagotier (play, 1661)
    • Le Fin Lourdaut (play attributed, 1668)

Publicity poster for the 2002 Los Angeles production of The Second Maidens Tragedy as The History of Cardenio is a lost play, known to have been performed by the Kings Men, a London theatre company, in 1613. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a Jacobean playwright. ... “Franco” redirects here. ... Ihara Saikaku (井原 西鶴, 1642-1693) was a Japanese poet and creator of the floating world genre of Japanese prose. ... Jean Racine, in an engraving by Pierre Savart. ... For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ... For the 2007 film, see Molière (film). ... Not to be confused with The Nature of Things, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television show about natural science. ... Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus (c. ...

18th century

  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's journal was burnt by her daughter on the grounds that it contained much scandal and satire.
  • Edward Gibbon burned the manuscript of his History of the Liberty of the Swiss.
  • The Green-Room Squabble or a Battle Royal between the Queen of Babylon and the Daughter of Darius a 1756 play by Samuel Foote is lost.
  • Beethoven's 1793 'Ode to Joy', which was later incorporated into the his ninth Symphony

Mary Wortley Montague, by Charles Jervas, after 1716. ... Edward Gibbon (1737–1794). ... For other people named Samuel Foote, see Samuel Foote (disambiguation) Samuel Foote (January 27, 1720 – October 21, 1777), a Cornish dramatist and actor, was baptized at Truro on January 27, 1720. ... This article is about the composition. ...

19th century

  • Memoirs of Lord Byron - destroyed by his literary executors led by John Murray on 17 May 1824. The decision was made to destroy Byron's manuscript journals in order to protect his reputation. Opposed only by Thomas Moore, the two volumes of memoirs were dismembered and burnt in the fireplace at Murray's office.
  • The Scented Garden by Sir Richard Francis Burton - manuscript of a new translation from Arabic of The Perfumed Garden, was burnt by his widow, Lady Isabel Burton née Arundel, along with other papers.
  • Parts two and three of Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - burnt by Gogol at the instigation of the priest Father Matthew Konstantinovskii.
  • At least four complete volumes and around seven pages of text are missing from Lewis Carroll's 13 diaries, destroyed by his family for reasons frequently debated.
  • The son of the Marquis de Sade had all of de Sade's unpublished manuscripts burned after de Sade's death in 1814; this included the immense multi-volume work Les Journées de Florbelle.
  • Franz Liszt claimed to have written a manual of piano technique for the Geneva Conservatoire. This lost work would be an invaluable insight into the playing of probably the greatest pianist who ever lived.
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins burned all his early poetry on entering the priesthood.
  • In 1871, Gustave Flaubert buried a box of letters and papers as war approached; the box was never recovered.
  • A schoolmate of Arthur Rimbaud confessed he lost a notebook of poems by the famous poet.
  • The first draft of Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution: A History was sent to John Stuart Mill, whose maid mistakenly burned it, forcing Carlyle to rewrite it from scratch.
  • Joseph Smith's translation of the Book of Lehi from the Mormon Golden Plates were either hidden, destroyed, or modified by Lucy Harris, the wife of transcriber Martin Harris. Whatever their fate, the pages were not returned to Joseph Smith and declared "lost." Smith did not recreate the translation.
  • Letters written by Felix Mendelssohn seem to suggest that he wrote a cello concerto. It was supposedly lost when the only copy of it fell off the coach that was carrying it to its dedicatee.
  • Various works of Johannes Brahms. Brahms was a perfectionist who destroyed many of his own early works, including a violin sonata. He claimed once to have destroyed 20 string quartets before he issued his official First in 1873. When he retired, he even destroyed manuscripts of his fifth and sixth symphonies.
  • Isle of the Cross, Herman Melville's follow up to the unsuccessful Pierre was rejected by his publishers and has subsequently been lost.
  • Robert Louis Stevenson burned his first completed draft of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde after his wife criticized the work. Stevenson wrote and published a revised version.
  • Leon Trotsky describes the loss of an unfinished play manuscript (a collaboration with Sokolovsky) in his My Life, end of chapter 6 (sometime between 1896-1898).[9]
  • The Poor Man and the Lady. Thomas Hardy's first novel (1867) was never published. After rejection by several publishers, he destroyed the manuscript.

Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... John Murray is a British publishing house, renowned for the roster of authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Lord Byron and Charles Darwin. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For other persons named Thomas Moore, see Thomas Moore (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Richard Burton, see Richard Burton (disambiguation). ... The Perfumed Garden by Sheikh Nefzaoui is a sex manual and work of erotic literature. ... For other uses, see Dead Souls (disambiguation). ... Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: ; IPA: ; Ukrainian: ) (April 1, 1809 — March 4, 1852) was a Russian-language writer of Ukrainian origin. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... “Liszt” redirects here. ... The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... Rimbaud redirects here. ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze Thomas Carlyle (December 4, 1795 – February 5, 1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. ... John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. ... Joseph Smith redirects here. ... The lost 116 pages were the original manuscript pages of what Joseph Smith, Jr. ... This article is about the history and use of the word Mormon. For information about the religious beliefs and culture of Mormons, see Mormonism. ... An 1893 engraving of Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates and the Urim and Thummim from the angel Moroni. ... Martin Harris (1783–1875) was the first financier of The Book of Mormon. ... Portrait of Mendelssohn by the English miniaturist James Warren Childe (1778-1862), 1839 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) is a German composer, pianist and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... A violoncello concerto is a concerto for solo violoncello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. ... Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of the Romantic period. ... Isle of the Cross is an unpublished and subsequently lost novel by Herman Melville. ... Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. ... Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Leon Trotsky (Russian:  , Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... The Poor Man and the Lady is a novel by Thomas Hardy. ... Thomas Hardy redirects here. ...

20th century

Daniel Paul Schreber (1842-1911) was a German judge suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. ... Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Tooling on the cover of the first public printing, showing twin scimitars and the legend: the sword also means clean-ness + death Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph is the autobiographical account of the experiences of T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) while serving as a liaison officer with rebel... Lawrence of Arabia redirects here. ... Reading station from the station car park at the north (rear) side of the station Reading (formerly Reading General) is a railway station in the large town of Reading in south central England. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Irish Public Records Office was an archive of political, relgious and administrative documents dating back to the 12th century. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the Irish Republican Army in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... Robert Walser (April 15, 1878 near Biel/Bienne, Switzerland – December 25, 1956 near Herisau, Switzerland), was a German-speaking Swiss writer. ... The eighth symphony of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is one of the great mysteries of 20th century classical music. ... Johan Julius Christian Jean / Janne Sibelius ( ; December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of classical music and one of the most notable composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Malcolm Lowry (July 28, 1909 – June 26, 1957) was an English poet and novelist. ... Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1894 – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer. ... Efebos is a lost novel written by Karol Szymanowski, who is best known as a composer. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882–March 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. ... Bruno Schulz (July 12, 1892 – November 19, 1942) was a Polish writer, literary critic and graphic artist, widely considered to be one of the greatest Polish prose stylists of the 20th century. ... William S. Burroughs. ... Naked Lunch is a novel by William S. Burroughs. ... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ... A Time For George Stavros is an early non-Science Fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. ... Pilgrim on the Hill is yet another lost early non-Science Fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. ... Nicholas and the Higs is one of several early non-Science Fiction novel by noted Science Fiction AuthorPhilip K. Dick. ... Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. ... Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning American film and television actor, active for over 60 years. ... After the Gold Rush was a 1970 album release by Neil Young. ... Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL, (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

See also

Art theft is the stealing of high-profile art. ... Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. ... Bonfire of the Vanities refers to an event on 7 February 1497 when followers of the priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects in Florence, Italy, on the Shrove Tuesday festival. ... Statues in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht, attacked in Reformation iconoclasm in the 16th century. ... Lost artworks may be lost to history either through the deliberate or accidental destruction of the original, or through ignorance and loss of connoisseurship. ... Lost film is a term used to describe any feature film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections. ... An unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper. ...

Further reading

  • Stuart Kelly - The Book of Lost Books (Viking, 2005) ISBN 0-670-91499-1
  • Leo Deuel - Testaments Of Time: The Search for Lost Manuscripts and Records (New York: Knopf, 1965).
  • Hermann W.G. Peter - Historicorum Romanorum Reliquiae (2 vols., B.G. Teubner, Leipzig, 1870, 2nd ed. 1914-16)
  • Glen Dudbridge- Lost books of Medieval China (London: The British Library, 2000)

The covers of Bibliotheca Teubneriana Greek texts through the years: Philodemi De ira liber, ed. ...

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