---
title: Letter with Testamentary Instructions
title_greek: Ἐπιστολή
author: Arcesilaus of Pitane I
eul_wid: ikm-aa
eul_aid: ikm
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/arcesilaus-pitane-testamentary-letter-ikm-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: Philosophy
format: Epistle
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Letter with Testamentary Instructions

*Ἐπιστολή*

**Author:** Arcesilaus of Pitane I

**eul_wid:** `ikm-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/arcesilaus-pitane-testamentary-letter-ikm-aa)

## Text

### 1

Ἀρκεσίλαος Θαυμασίᾳ χαίρειν.

### 2

Δέδωκα Διογένει διαθήκας ἐμαυτοῦ κομίσαι πρός σε· διὰ γὰρ τὸ πολλάκις ἀρρωστεῖν καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀσθενῶς ἔχειν ἔδοξέ μοι διαθέσθαι, ἵν’ εἴ τι γένοιτο ἀλλοῖον, μήτι σε ἠδικηκὼς ἀπίω, τὸν εἰς ἔμ’ ἐκτενῶς οὕτω πεφιλοτιμημένον. καὶ ἀξιοπιστότατος δ’ εἶ τῶν ἐνθάδε σύ μοι τηρῶν αὐτὰς διά τε τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς οἰκειότητα. πειρῶ οὖν, μεμνημένος διότι σοι πίστιν τὴν ἀναγκαιοτάτην παρακατατίθεμαι, δίκαιος ἡμῖν εἶναι, ὅπως ὅσον ἐπὶ σοὶ τὰ κατ’ ἐμὲ εὐσχημόνως ᾖ μοι διῳκημένα. κεῖνται δὲ Ἀθήνησιν αὗται παρά τισι τῶν γνωρίμων καὶ ἐν Ἐρε τρίᾳ παρ’ Ἀμφικρίτῳ.

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