No writings of Epictetus himself are really known.
In a preface to the Discourses, addressed to Lucius Gellius, Arrian states that "whatever I heard him say I used to write down, word for word, as best I could.".
Arrian also compiled a popular digest, entitled the Enchiridion, or Handbook.
The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight).
His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri).
No writings of Epictetus himself are really known