Diogenes Laertius tells us (7.180) that Chrysippus "padded out his writings by arguing repeatedly on the same subject, setting down anything that occurred to him, making many corrections and citing numerous authorities; so much so that in one of his works he copied out nearly the whole of Euripes' Medea, and someone who had taken up this volume, being asked what he was reading, replied, 'The Medea of Chrysippus'."
John M. Dillon (1997), 'Medea Among the Philosophers'
in Clauss & Johnston (eds.), Medea. Princeton University Press: 1997
[ἐπλήθυνε δ' αὐτὰ πολλάκις ὑπὲρ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δόγματος ἐπιχειρῶν καὶ πᾶν τὸ ὑποπεσὸν γράφων καὶ διορθούμενος πλεονάκις πλείστῃ τε τῶν μαρτυριῶν παραθέσει χρώμενος· ὥστε καὶ ἐπειδή ποτ' ἔν τινι τῶν συγγραμμάτων παρ' ὀλίγον τὴν Εὐριπίδου Μήδειαν ὅλην παρετίθετο καί τις μετὰ χεῖρας εἶχε τὸ βιβλίον, πρὸς τὸν πυθόμενον τί ἄρα ἔχοι, ἔφη "Χρυσίππου Μήδειαν."]
imagem: Crísipo. Século II d.C. @ Louvre, Paris.
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