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Col. 16
37 βίον [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]̣ αισ [̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
την [ - - - λέγεται δὲ καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν
2
Col. 16
37 βίον ̣ [̣ ]̣ α ̣ [̣ ]τ̣ [̣ ̣ ]̣ [̣ ̣ ]̣ (̣ )̣ … life … (and to him,
τὴν [ο]ὐσ̣ί̣αν̣ ̣ κ̣α̣τέ̣ λ
̣ [̣ ι]π̣εν sc. Arcesilaos) he
οὐκ ἐλαττόνων [ο]ὖσα[ν] ἀ- bequeathed his
property, worth no less
40 ξίαν ἢ δώδ̣εκ̣ ̣α̣ τ̣α̣[λ]ά̣[ντω]ν.
than twelve talents.
φασὶ̣ δ᾿ α̣ὐ̣το̣ ῦ
̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ Arcesilaus is said to
ἐγλεί̣π[̣ οντο]ς̣ ἤδ̣η π̣υν̣ θά- have inquired from
νεσθ[αι] τὸν Ἀ̣ρ̣κ[εσί]λ̣αν, πότε- him, when he was
ρον αὐτὸν ἐν ταῖς̣ Ἀθ̣ή̣[ναις already dying (….),
45 θάψωσ[ι]ν ἢ καύ̣σαντε̣ς̣ [ἐν whether they should
bury him in Athens or
in Soli after his
Col. S cremation. (He replied)
1 [Σόλοις. αὐτὸν δ᾿ εἰπεῖν· “ἐν] “Please it would be
γῆς φίλης ὄχθοι]σ͙ι͙ κρυφθ͙ῆ- covered in the hills of
ναι κ͙[αλόν.” ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ₍ ₎̣ ]μ͙ένου this beloved soil.“
δὲ τοῦ Πο[λ]έμων[ο]ς καὶ νο- When Polemo (… and)
continued to express
5 μίζοντος αὐτὸν δ̣εῖν ἐ-
the view that he (sc.
ν αἷς αὐτοὶ μέλλουσιν τε- Crantor) should be
θῆναι θήκαις, εἰπεῖ͙ν͙ ὡς οὔ- buried in the same
τε πρότερον ἀντεῖ̣[πε]ν α[ὐ- tomb(s) in which they
τῶι πώποτε οὔτ[ε] ν̣ῦ̣[ν. ̣ ̣ ̣ will one day be buried,
10 οὐκ ἀφη̣γησάμε[νος ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ he (sc. Crantor) said
that he had never
κτλ.
contradicted him and
would not do so now.
Ηe has not led the
school….