Answer · Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge
The treatise is by Chrysippus.
The treatise is by Chrysippus.
Where it stands
Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Passages match fragments of Chrysippus quoted by later authors.
- Vocabulary and argument style match the securely attributed Chrysippean fragments more closely than other Stoics.
What would rule it out
- A quotation in another source assigns a passage of PHerc. 1667 to a different author.
Evidence 1 for · 1 against
FOR
The questions it answers
Most likelyThe treatise is by another Stoic of the late third or second century BC, possibly in Chrysippus's school
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The treatise is by Chrysippus. [Answer ANS0D3683264EC6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D3683264EC6
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