# The library held a wider philosophical collection, including Stoic and other works now lost, that the sealed…

> Most likely: The library held a wider philosophical collection, including Stoic and other works now lost, that the sealed rolls will reveal.

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Answer · Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge

# The library held a wider philosophical collection, including Stoic and other works now lost, that the sealed…

The library held a wider philosophical collection, including Stoic and other works now lost, that the sealed rolls will reveal.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Further sealed rolls yield titles by non-Epicurean authors.

## What would rule it out

- All titles recovered from a large sample of sealed rolls are Epicurean.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[PHerc. 1667 is an ethical treatise with Stoic vocabulary that names Aristocreon, Chrysippus's nephew and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D36822Y6W39/pherc-1667-is-an-ethical-treatise-with-stoic-vocabulary-that)

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## The questions it answers

[What do the still-sealed rolls contain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/questions/QST0D367VZM0NNS/what-do-the-still-sealed-rolls-contain)

Most likelyThe sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The library held a wider philosophical collection, including Stoic and other works now lost, that the sealed… [Answer ANS0D3681V45JBT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D3681V45JBT
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