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- Diogenes Laertius. Hicks, R. D., editor. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-09-26
This chunk contains the second half of Theophrastus's will, designating the co-possessors of the school's property, arrangements for his burial, manumissions and assignments of slaves, financial settlements by Hipparchus, and the official copies and witnesses of the testament, concluding with a note on his pupil Erasistratus.
ἐπειδήπερ οὐ δυνατὸν πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἀεὶ ἐπιδημεῖν, μήτʼ ἐξαλλοτριοῦσι μήτʼ ἐξιδιαζομένου μηδενός1, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἂν ἱερὸν κοινῇ κεκτημένοις, καὶ τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἰκείως καὶ φιλικῶς χρωμένοις, ὥσπερ προσῆκον καὶ δίκαιον. ἔστωσαν δὲ οἱ κοινωνοῦντες Ἵππαρχος, Νηλεύς, Στράτων, Καλλῖνος, Δημότιμος, Δημάρατος, Καλλισθένης, Μελάντης, Παγκρέων, Νίκιππος. ἐξεῖναι δὲ βουλομένῳ φιλοσοφεῖν καὶ Ἀριστοτέλει τῷ Μητροδώρου καὶ Πυθιάδος υἱῷ καὶ μετέχειν τούτων· καὶ αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιεῖσθαι τοὺς πρεσβυτάτους, ὅπως ὅτι μάλιστα προαχθῇ κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν. θάψαι δὲ καὶ ἡμᾶς ὅπου ἂν δοκῇ μάλιστα ἁρμόττον εἶναι τοῦ κήπου, μηδὲν περίεργον μήτε περὶ τὴν ταφὴν μήτε περὶ τὸ μνημεῖον ποιοῦντας.
on condition that, since it is not possible for all men to be in residence continually, they neither alienate it nor anyone appropriating it as his own, but possessing it in common as they would a sanctuary, and using it towards one another familiarly and amicably, as is fitting and just. And let the partners be Hipparchus, Neleus, Strato, Callinus, Demotimus, Demaratus, Callisthenes, Melantes, Pancreon, Nicippus. And let it also be permitted to Aristotle, the son of Metrodorus and Pythias, if he wishes to study philosophy, to take part in these things; and let the eldest take every care of him, so that he may make the greatest progress in philosophy. And bury me wherever in the garden seems most suitable, making nothing extravagant either regarding the burial or regarding the memorial.
ὅπως δὲ συνείρηται, μετὰ τὰ περὶ ἡμᾶς συμβάντα, τὰ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ τὸν κῆπον καὶ τὸν περίπατον θεραπευόμενα συνεπιμελεῖσθαι καὶ Πομπύλον2 τούτων ἐποικοῦντα αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιμέλειαν ποιούμενον ἣν καὶ πρότερον· τῆς δὲ λυσιτελείας ἐπιμελεῖσθαι αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἔχοντας ταῦτα. Πομπύλῳ δὲ καὶ Θρέπτῃ πάλαι ἐλευθέροις οὖσι καὶ ἡμῖν πολλὴν χρείαν παρεσχημένοις, εἴ τι πρότερον ἔχουσι παρʼ ἡμῶν καὶ εἴ τι αὐτοὶ ἐκτήσαντο καὶ ἃ νῦν παρʼ Ἱππάρχου αὐτοῖς συντέταχα, δισχιλίας δραχμάς, ἀσφαλῶς οἶμαι δεῖν αὐτοῖς ὑπάρχειν ταῦτα, καθάπερ καὶ αὐτὸς διελέχθην Μελάντῃ καὶ Παγκρέοντι πλεονάκις καὶ πάντα μοι συγκατετίθεντο. δίδωμι δʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ Σωματάλην τὴν παιδίσκην.
And as has been agreed, after what happens to me, Pompyllus too shall help in taking care of these things, maintaining the sanctuary, the memorial, the garden, and the walk, living there himself and exercising the same oversight of the rest as before; and those who hold these things shall themselves attend to his maintenance. And for Pompyllus and Threpte, who have long been free and have rendered us much service, whatever they have previously received from us, and whatever they acquired themselves, and the two thousand drachmas which I have now assigned to them from Hipparchus, I consider that these must securely belong to them, just as I myself spoke multiple times with Melantes and Pancreon, and they agreed with me on all points. And I also give them the maidservant Somatale.
τῶν δὲ παίδων Μόλωνα μὲν καὶ Τίμωνα καὶ Παρμένοντα ἤδη ἐλευθέρους ἀφίημι· Μανῆν δὲ καὶ Καλλίαν παραμείναντας ἔτη τέτταρα ἐν τῷ κήπῳ καὶ συνεργασαμένους καὶ ἀναμαρτήτους γενομένους ἀφίημι ἐλευθέρους. τῶν δὲ οἰκηματικῶν σκευῶν ἀποδιδόντας Πομπύλῳ ὅσʼ ἂν3 δοκῇ τοῖς ἐπιμεληταῖς καλῶς ἔχειν, τὰ λοιπὰ ἐξαργυρίσαι. δίδωμι δὲ καὶ Καρίωνα Δημοτίμῳ, Δόνακα δὲ Νηλεῖ· Εὔβοιον δʼ ἀποδόσθαι. δότω δʼ Ἵππαρχος Καλλίνῳ τρισχιλίας δραχμάς· Μελάντῃ δὲ καὶ Παγκρέοντι εἰ μὲν μὴ ἑωρῶμεν Ἵππαρχον καὶ ἡμῖν πρότερον χρείαν παρεσχημένον καὶ νῦν ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις μάλα νεναυαγηκότα, προσετάξαμεν ἂν μετὰ Μελάντου καὶ Παγκρέοντος ἐξάγειν αὐτά.
Of the slaves, I set free immediately Molon, Timon, and Parmeno; and Manes and Callias I set free after they have remained four years in the garden, worked together, and shown themselves blameless. Of the household furnishings, having given to Pompyllus as much as seems proper to the overseers, they are to turn the rest into cash. And I give Carion to Demotimus, and Donax to Neleus; and let Euboeus be sold. And let Hipparchus give three thousand drachmas to Callinus; and as for Melantes and Pancreon, if we had not seen that Hipparchus previously rendered us service and is now severely ruined in his private affairs, we would have instructed him to wind up these matters together with Melantes and Pancreon;
ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὔτʼ ἐκείνοις ἑώρων ῥᾴδιον ὄντα συνοικονομεῖν λυσιτελέστερόν τʼ αὐτοῖς ὑπελάμβανον εἶναι τεταγμένον τι λαβεῖν παρὰ Ἱππάρχου, δότω Ἵππαρχος Μελάντῃ καὶ Παγκρέοντι, ἑκατέρῳ τάλαντον· διδόναι δʼ Ἵππαρχον καὶ τοῖς ἐπιμεληταῖς εἰς τὰ ἀναλώματα τὰ ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ γεγραμμένα κατὰ τοὺς ἑκάστου καιροὺς τῶν δαπανημάτων. οἰκονομήσαντα δὲ ταῦτα Ἵππαρχον ἀπηλλάχθαι τῶν συμβολαίων τῶν πρὸς ἐμὲ πάντων· καὶ εἴ τι ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὀνόματος συμβέβληκεν Ἵππαρχος ἐν Χαλκίδι, Ἱππάρχου τοῦτό ἐστιν. ἐπιμεληταὶ δὲ ἔστωσαν τῶν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ γεγραμμένων Ἵππαρχος, Νηλεύς, Στράτων, Καλλῖνος, Δημότιμος, Καλλισθένης, Κτήσαρχος.
but since I saw that it was not easy for them to manage things jointly, and I considered it more profitable for them to receive a fixed sum from Hipparchus, let Hipparchus give to Melantes and Pancreon a talent each; and let Hipparchus also give to the overseers for the expenses written in the will according to the occasions of each disbursement. And when Hipparchus has managed these things, let him be released from all contracts with me; and if Hipparchus has entered into any contract in my name in Chalcis, this belongs to Hipparchus. And let the overseers of what is written in the will be Hipparchus, Neleus, Strato, Callinus, Demotimus, Callisthenes, Ctesarchus.
αἱ διαθῆκαι κεῖνται ἀντίγραφα τῷ Θεοφράστου δακτυλίῳ σεσημασμέναι, μία μὲν παρὰ Ἡγησίᾳ Ἱππάρχου· μάρτυρες Κάλλιππος Παλληνεύς, Φιλόμηλος Εὐωνυμεύς, Λύσανδρος Ὑβάδης, Φίλων Ἀλωπεκῆθεν. τὴν δʼ ἑτέραν ἔχει Ὀλυμπιόδωρος· μάρτυρες δʼ οἱ αὐτοί. τὴν δʼ ἑτέραν ἔλαβεν Ἀδείμαντος, ἀπήνεγκε δὲ Ἀνδροσθένης ὁ υἱός· μάρτυρες Ἀρίμνηστος Κλεοβούλου, Λυσίστρατος Φείδωνος Θάσιος, Στράτων Ἀρκεσιλάου Λαμψακηνός, Θήσιππος Θησίππου ἐκ Κεραμέων, Διοσκουρίδης Διονυσίου Ἐπικηφίσιος. Ὧδʼ ἔχουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ αἱ διαθῆκαι. Ἀκοῦσαι δʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἐρασίστρατον τὸν ἰατρόν εἰσιν οἳ λέγουσι4· καὶ εἰκός.
The will is deposited in copies sealed with the signet-ring of Theophrastus: one with Hegesias son of Hipparchus; witnesses: Callippus of Pallene, Philomelus of Euonymon, Lysander of Hybadai, Philo of Alopeke. Olympiodorus has the second; witnesses the same. Adeimantus took the third, and Androsthenes his son carried it off; witnesses: Arimnestus son of Cleobulus, Lysistratus son of Pheidon of Thasos, Strato son of Arcesilaus of Lampsacus, Thesippus son of Thesippus from Cerameis, Dioscurides son of Dionysius of Epicephisia. Thus stands his will also. There are some who say that Erasistratus the physician was also a pupil of his; and it is likely.
- 5.2.53μήτʼ ἐξαλλοτριοῦσι μήτʼ ἐξιδιαζομένου μηδενός
An asymmetrical coordination where a dative plural participle (ἐξαλλοτριοῦσι), agreeing with the preceding dative construction designating the friends (τοῖς βουλομένοις... κεκτημένοις), is conjoined via μήτε... μήτε with a genitive absolute (ἐξιδιαζομένου μηδενός). The shift reflects the distinction between the collective act of the group (alienation) and that of an individual member (personal appropriation).
- 5.2.54συνεπιμελεῖσθαι καὶ Πομπύλον
An imperatival accusative and infinitive construction standard in legal and testamentary Greek. Πομπύλον is the subject accusative of the infinitive συνεπιμελεῖσθαι, operating under the opening clause ὅπως δὲ συνείρηται ("as has been agreed") to lay down a binding obligation that Pompylus share in the supervision.
- 5.2.55εἰ μὲν μὴ ἑωρῶμεν... προσετάξαμεν ἄν
A contrary-to-fact conditional construction. The protasis uses the imperfect indicative (ἑωρῶμεν) to denote an ongoing perception or state ("if we did not see / had not been aware of"), while the apodosis uses ἄν with the aorist indicative (προσετάξαμεν) denoting a definite past hypothetical action ("we would have instructed").
- 5.2.57εἰσιν οἳ λέγουσι
The idiomatic indefinite relative construction (parallel to Latin sunt qui). The finite verb εἰσί(ν) and the relative pronoun οἵ function together as an equivalent of "some people" (ἔνιοι), followed here by the indicative λέγουσι ("there are those who say").