The original choreography of the piece now survives only in fragments.

A number of other Sophoclean works have survived only in fragments, including:

His writings only survive in fragments quoted by other authors.

Three of these are now lost and three survive only in fragments.

His vast works survive only in fragments preserved by other authors.

None of the census records for Ireland prior to 1901 survive, except occasionally in fragments.

Most of the scores for his operas and oratorios have been lost or survive only in fragments.

The text is lost and survives only in fragments.

Except for Dinarchus, almost all of them have been lost to history or survive only in fragments.

All these books, belonging to the Pauline epistles, have survived only in fragments.