Editing Ovid (section)

===Lost works===
One loss, which Ovid himself described, is the first five-book edition of the ''Amores'', from which nothing has come down to us. The greatest loss is Ovid's only tragedy, ''Medea'', from which only a few lines are preserved. [[Quintilian]] admired the work a great deal and considered it a prime example of Ovid's poetic talent.<ref>Quint. ''Inst.'' 10.1.98. Cfr. Tacitus, ''Dial. Orat.'' 12.</ref> [[Lactantius]] quotes from a lost translation by Ovid of [[Aratus]]' ''Phaenomena'', although the poem's ascription to Ovid is insecure because it is never mentioned in Ovid's other works.<ref>Lact. ''Div. Inst.'' 2.5.24. Another quotation by [[Marcus Valerius Probus|Probus]] ''ad Verg. Georg.'' 1, 138</ref>
A line from a work entitled ''Epigrammata'' is cited by [[Priscian]].<ref>''Inst. gramm.'' 5, 13, ''Gramm. Lat.'' 2, 149, 13 Keil.</ref>
Even though it is unlikely, if the last six books of the ''Fasti'' ever existed, they constitute a great loss. Ovid also mentions some occasional poetry (''[[Epithalamium]]'',<ref>''Ex P.'' 1.2.131</ref> dirge,<ref>''Ex P.'' 1.7.30</ref> even a rendering in [[Getae#Culture|Getic]]<ref>''Ex P.'' 4.13.19></ref>) which does not survive. Also lost is the final portion of the ''Medicamina''.