 It is evident from this summary, preserved in Photius's "Bibliotheca" (9th century), that the work was originally divided into four books and two volumes, and that surviving manuscripts of the third book consist of two books which have been merged.As each of the four books is sometimes called "Anthologion", it is probable that this name originally belonged to the entire work.The full title, according to Photius, was "Four Books of Extracts, Sayings and Precepts" (Ἐκλογῶν, ἀποφθεγμάτων, ὑποθηκῶν βιβλία τέσσαρα ["Eklogon, apophthegmaton, hypothekon biblia tessara"]).