3 Consequently we also have given our preference to this method of handling our material, and, in so far as it is possible, are adhering to this general principle. Ephorus, on the other hand, in the universal history which he composed has achieved success, not alone in the style of his composition, but also as regards the arrangement of his work for each one of his Books is so constructed as to embrace events which fall under a single topic. Timaeus, for example, bestowed, it is true, the greatest attention upon the precision of his chronology and had due regard for the breadth of knowledge gained through experience, but he is criticized with good reason for his untimely and lengthy censures, and because of the excess to which he went in censuring he has been given by some men the name Epitmaeus or Censurer. Some historians indeed, although they are worthy objects of praise in the matter of style and in the breadth of experience 2 derived from the events which they record, have nevertheless fallen short in respect of the way in which they have handled the matter of arrangement, with the result that, whereas the effort and care which they expended receive the approbation of their readers, yet the order which they gave to the material they have recorded is the object of just censure. This eye to arrangement, for instance, is not only of great help to persons in the disposition of their private affairs 1 if they would preserve and increase their property, but also, when men come to writing history, it offers them not a few advantages. It should be the special care of historians, when they compose their words, to give attention to everything which may be of utility, and especially to the arrangement of the varied material they present. On the colonization by Minos of the islands of the smaller Cyclades (chap. On Tenedos, the colonization of the island, and the fabulous tales told by the Tenedians about Tennes (chap. On Lesbos and the colonies which were led by Macareus to Chios, Samos, and Cos (chaps. On Crete and the myths which are recounted about it, down to comparatively recent times (chaps. On the Cherronesus which lies over against the territory of Rhodes (chaps. On Rhodes and the myths which are recounted concerning it (chaps. On Samothrace and the mysteries celebrated on the island (chaps. On the islands in the ocean to the south, both the one called Hiera and that called Panchaea, and on what they are said to contain (chaps. On Gaul, Celtiberia, Iberia, Liguria, and Tyrrhenia, and on the inhabitants of these countries and the customs they observe (chaps. On the island of Britian and that called Basileia, where amber is found (chaps. On the islands in the ocean which lie towards the west (chaps. On Pityussa and the Gymnesiae islands, which some call the Baliarides (chaps. On Aethaleia, Cyrnus (Corsica), and Sardinia (chaps. On Lipara and the other islands which are called the Aeolides (chaps. On Demeter and CorĂª and the discovery of the fruit of wheat (chaps. On the myths which are recounted about Sicily and the shape and size of the island (chap. BOOK VI FRAGMENTS LIBRARY OF HISTORY BOOK V.
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