Conclusion of the Catalogue of Works and Theophrastus' Will — Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers §5.2.49-5.2.52 (Diogenes Laertius) | Greek text & English translation

Επιτομῶν Ἀριστοτέλους περὶ ζῴων α′ β′ γ′ δ′ ε′ ς′. Ἐπιχειρημάτων α′ β′. Θέσεις γ′. Περὶ βασιλείας α′ β′. Περὶ αἰτιῶν α′. Περὶ Δημοκρίτου α′. [Περὶ διαβολῆς α′.] Περὶ γενέσεως α′. Περὶ ζῴων φρονήσεως καὶ ἤθους α′. Περὶ κινήσεως α′ β′. Περὶ ὄψεως α′ β′ γ′ δ′. Πρὸς ὅρους α′ β′. Περὶ τοῦ δεδόσθαι α′. Περὶ μείζονος καὶ ἐλάττονος α′. Περὶ τῶν μουσικῶν α′. Περὶ τῆς θείας εὐδαιμονίας α′. Πρὸς τοὺς ἐξ Ἀκαδημείας α′. Προτρεπτικὸς α′. Πῶς ἂν ἄριστα πόλεις οἰκοῖντο α′. Τὰ ὑπομνήματα α′. Περὶ ῥύακος τοῦ ἐν Σικελίᾳ α′. Περὶ τῶν ὁμολογουμένων α′. [Περὶ τῶν προβλημάτων φυσικῶν α′. Τίνες οἱ τρόποι τοῦ ἐπίστασθαι α′. Περὶ τοῦ ψευδομένου α′ β′ γ′.

Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals, 6 books. On Arguments, 2 books. Theses, 3 books. On Kingship, 2 books. On Causes, 1 book. On Democritus, 1 book. [On Slander, 1 book.] On Generation, 1 book. On the Intelligence and Habits of Animals, 1 book. On Motion, 2 books. On Vision, 4 books. Against Definitions, 2 books. On the Given, 1 book. On Greater and Less, 1 book. On Musical Matters, 1 book. On Divine Happiness, 1 book. Against the Academics, 1 book. Protreptic, 1 book. How Cities Might Best Be Governed, 1 book. Notes, 1 book. On the Lava Stream in Sicily, 1 book. On Accepted Opinions, 1 book. [On Physical Problems, 1 book. What Are the Ways of Knowing, 1 book. On the Liar, 3 books.

Τὰ πρὸ τῶν τόπων α′. Πρὸς Αἰσχύλον α′. Ἀστρολογικῆς ἱστορίας α′ β′ γ′ δ′ ε′ ς′. Ἀριθμητικῶν ἱστοριῶν περὶ αὐξήσεως α′. Ἀκίχαρος α′. Περὶ δικανικῶν λόγων α′. [Περὶ διαβολῆς α′.] Ἐπιστολαὶ αἱ ἐπὶ τῷ Ἀστυκρέοντι, Φανίᾳ, Νικάνορι. Περὶ εὐσεβείας α′. Εὐϊάδος α′. Περὶ καιρῶν α′ β′. Περὶ οἰκείων λόγων α′. Περὶ παίδων ἀγωγῆς α′. Ἄλλο διάφορον α′. Περὶ παιδείας ἢ περὶ ἀρετῶν ἢ περὶ σωφροσύνης α′. [Προτρεπτικὸς α′.] Περὶ ἀριθμῶν α′. Ὁριστικὰ περὶ λέξεως συλλογισμῶν α′. Περὶ οὐρανοῦ α′. Πολιτικοῦ α′ β′. Περὶ φύσεως. Περὶ καρπῶν. Περὶ ζῴων. Ἃ γίνονται στίχων Μ′ κ′ γ′ Β ω′ η′· τοσαῦτα μὲν οὖν καὶ τῷδε τὰ βιβλία.

Preliminaries to the Topics, 1 book. Against Aeschylus, 1 book. Astronomical Researches, 6 books. Arithmetical Researches on Increase, 1 book. Akicharos, 1 book. On Forensic Speeches, 1 book. [On Slander, 1 book.] Letters to Astycreon, Phanias, and Nicanor. On Piety, 1 book. Euias, 1 book. On Critical Moments, 2 books. On Fitting Discourses, 1 book. On the Education of Children, 1 book. Another Treatise on Difference, 1 book. On Education, or On Virtues, or On Temperance, 1 book. [Protreptic, 1 book.] On Numbers, 1 book. Definitions Concerning Syllogistic Diction, 1 book. On the Heavens, 1 book. Politics, 2 books. On Nature. On Fruits. On Animals. Which amount to 232,808 lines; so numerous, then, are his books.

Εὗρον δʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ διαθήκας τοῦτον ἐχούσας τὸν τρόπον· “Ἔσται μὲν εὖ· ἐὰν δέ τι συμβῇ, τάδε διατίθεμαι· τὰ μὲν οἴκοι ὑπάρχοντα πάντα δίδωμι Μελάντῃ καὶ Παγκρέοντι τοῖς υἱοῖς Λέοντος. ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν παρʼ Ἱππάρχου συμβεβλημένων¹ τάδε μοι βούλομαι γενέσθαι· πρῶτον μὲν τὰ περὶ τὸ μουσεῖον καὶ τὰς θεὰς συντελεσθῆναι κἄν τι ἄλλο ἰσχύῃ περὶ αὐτὰς ἐπικοσμηθῆναι πρὸς τὸ κάλλιον²· ἔπειτα τὴν Ἀριστοτέλους εἰκόνα τεθῆναι εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἀναθήματα ὅσα πρότερον ὑπῆρχεν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ· εἶτα τὸ στωίδιον οἰκοδομηθῆναι τὸ πρὸς τῷ μουσείῳ μὴ χεῖρον ἢ πρότερον· ἀναθεῖναι δὲ καὶ τοὺς πίνακας, ἐν οἷς αἱ τῆς γῆς περίοδοί εἰσιν, εἰς τὴν κάτω στοάν·

I also found his will, which is of the following purport: "May all turn out well; but should anything happen, I make these dispositions: All my property at home I give to Melantes and Pancreon, the sons of Leon. From the funds contributed by Hipparchus, I wish the following to be accomplished for me: first, that the work regarding the Museum and the Goddesses be completed, and if anything else can be embellished around them for greater beauty, that it be done; next, that the portrait of Aristotle be set up in the sanctuary, along with the rest of the dedicated offerings that previously were in the sanctuary; then, that the little colonnade beside the Museum be built, no worse than before; and that they also dedicate the tablets containing the map of the world in the lower colonnade;

ἐπισκευασθῆναι δὲ καὶ τὸν βωμόν, ὅπως ἔχῃ τὸ τέλειον καὶ τὸ εὔσχημον. βούλομαι δὲ καὶ τὴν Νικομάχου εἰκόνα συντελεσθῆναι ἴσην. τὸ μὲν τῆς πλάσεως ἔχει Πραξιτέλης, τὸ δʼ ἄλλο ἀνάλωμα ἀπὸ τούτου γενέσθω. σταθῆναι δὲ ὅπου ἂν δοκῇ τοῖς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιμελουμένοις τῶν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ γεγραμμένων. καὶ τὰ μὲν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ τὰ ἀναθήματα τοῦτον ἐχέτω τὸν τρόπον. τὸ δὲ χωρίον τὸ ἐν Σταγείροις ἡμῖν ὑπάρχον δίδωμι Καλλίνῳ· τὰ δὲ βιβλία πάντα Νηλεῖ. τὸν δὲ κῆπον καὶ τὸν περίπατον καὶ τὰς οἰκίας τὰς πρὸς τῷ κήπῳ πάσας δίδωμι τῶν γεγραμμένων φίλων ἀεὶ τοῖς βουλομένοις³ συσχολάζειν καὶ συμφιλοσοφεῖν ἐν αὐταῖς,

and that the altar also be restored, so that it may be complete and shapely. I also wish that the statue of Nicomachus be finished in equal beauty. Praxiteles already has the fee for modeling, and let the remaining expense be paid from these funds. Let it be erected wherever it seems best to those who take charge of the other matters written in the will. Let matters concerning the sanctuary and the dedications stand in this way. The estate belonging to us in Stagira I give to Callinus, and all the books to Neleus. The garden, the walk, and all the houses adjacent to the garden I give to those of the recorded friends who continually wish to share leisure and philosophize together in them,

Syntax notes3 items

5.2.51ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν παρʼ Ἱππάρχου συμβεβλημένων
The prepositional phrase ἀπό + genitive denotes the financial source. συμβεβλημένων is the perfect passive participle (neuter plural genitive) of συμβάλλω, meaning "the sums contributed / collected," referring to funds provided by Hipparchus.
5.2.51κἄν τι ἄλλο ἰσχύῃ περὶ αὐτὰς ἐπικοσμηθῆναι πρὸς τὸ κάλλιον
κἄν is a crasis of καὶ ἐάν (or καὶ ἄν). Rather than being impersonal, the clause takes τι ἄλλο (nominative) as subject with the verb ἰσχύῃ governing the passive infinitive ἐπικοσμηθῆναι: "and if anything else is able to be embellished around them for the better."
5.2.52τῶν γεγραμμένων φίλων ἀεὶ τοῖς βουλομένοις
Hyperbaton: the partitive genitive phrase τῶν γεγραμμένων φίλων ("of the recorded friends") is placed first and depends on the subsequent substantive participial phrase in the dative, τοῖς βουλομένοις ("to those wishing").

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