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Geography of Libya
The Lotus
Timaeus Wrong about Libya
The Errors of Timaeus
Aristotle's Account of Locri is Correct
The Epizephyrian Locrians
Timaeus and the Character of a Historian
Timaeus Criticises Aristotle
Timaeus's Statement of Method
The Investigations of Timaeus
Timaeus's Use of Chronological Records
Timaeus On Divination
Timaeus On Demochares and Agathocles
No Place in History for Abusive Language
Timaeus Blinded by Personal Malignity
The Laws of Zaleucus
A Criticism on Ephorus and Callisthenes
The Battle of Issus
Callisthenes Vague on Alexander's Movements
Inaccuracies about Tactics
Worst Misstatement of Callisthenes
Further Absurdities
Timaeus Exalts Timoleon To Excess
Timoleon. Phalaris
General Remarks on Timaeus as an Historian
Sophistical Commonplaces
An Historian Needs Practical Experience
Mere Inquiry Is Insufficient
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Histories. Polybius. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. translator. London, New York. Macmillan. 1889. Reprint Bloomington 1962.
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