Aristotle's heirs hid his library in a trench to keep it from the kings of Pergamum, and Sulla carried it to Rome

Diogenes Laertius preserves Aristotle's will. Antipater was executor. Aristotle's daughter was to marry Nicanor. His companion Herpyllis received a talent of silver, three maids and her choice of his house at Chalcis or his father's house at Stagira. Several slaves were freed. His bones were to lie with those of his wife Pythias. The geographer Strabo tells what happened to the books. Aristotle left his library and his school to Theophrastus. Theophrastus left the library to Neleus, who took it to Scepsis. Neleus's heirs were ordinary people who kept the books locked away. When they heard that the Attalid kings, who ruled Scepsis, were searching for books for the library at Pergamum, they hid the books underground in a trench. Moisture and moths damaged them. Their descendants later sold them to Apellicon of Teos for a large sum. Strabo calls Apellicon a book lover rather than a philosopher and says his new copies were full of errors. After Apellicon died, Sulla, who had captured Athens, carried his library to Rome. There the grammarian Tyrannion gained access by courting the librarian. Plutarch adds that Andronicus of Rhodes received copies, published them and drew up the lists of Aristotle's works still in use in his day. No book from Aristotle's own library is known to survive^†.