This was delightful to read! A big riddle for me is, how much value can we accurately assign the existing works we have when we don't know have access to the rest? Of course, it's impossible to know. It's just interesting to think, for example, that we see the Odyssey and the Iliad as these masterpieces when perhaps their missing counterparts are even better. Or maybe not better, but just different in ways we can't imagine.
Thanks for sharing portions from your physical copies - it's helpful to see how certain books actually look.
This was delightful to read! A big riddle for me is, how much value can we accurately assign the existing works we have when we don't know have access to the rest? Of course, it's impossible to know. It's just interesting to think, for example, that we see the Odyssey and the Iliad as these masterpieces when perhaps their missing counterparts are even better. Or maybe not better, but just different in ways we can't imagine.
Lovely article. Makes y ou think about all the stories lost and how great some of the stories we only have in fragments can be.