# The treatise is by Chrysippus.

> Still possible: The treatise is by Chrysippus.

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# The treatise is by Chrysippus.

The treatise is by Chrysippus.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its 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

[The mention of Aristocreon, Chrysippus's nephew and pupil, ties the text to his circle.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3683A05YRA/the-mention-of-aristocreon-chrysippuss-nephew-and-pupil-ties)

Suggestive

FOR

[The editors date the copy to the second century BC and do not name an author.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3683HT6C7G/the-editors-date-the-copy-to-the-second-century-bc-and-do)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Who wrote the treatise in PHerc. 1667?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/questions/QST0D367W7E3GZG/who-wrote-the-treatise-in-pherc-1667)

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

Most likelyThe treatise is by another Stoic of the late third or second century BC, possibly in Chrysippus's school

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The treatise is by Chrysippus. [Answer ANS0D3683264EC6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D3683264EC6
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