The loss of which ancient texts you regret the most?

I think one of the saddest instances of lost knowledge are those were whole cultures lost their literature tradition. The Maya have been already mentioned and are probably the most famous example of this. Al-numbers mentioned Malacca Sultanate, which I was not familiar with previously, but is a quite good example of this too. The Philippines also suffered quite greatly, to the extent that we have now literally only one very short written source from the period before the 16th century, even though the country used to have a rich literature tradition before the Spanish came.
On the other hand, a lot of the Philippine literary tradition ended up in folklore, no? Which was written down by the friars, albeit primarily in the Spanish language. Of course, it's not as good as the original.

I regret the absence of Claudius' Tyrennika, and his Latin-Etruscan dictionary.
 
Top