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"]). At some time subsequent to Photius the two volumes were separated, and the two volumes became known to Latin Europe as the "Eclogae" and the "Florilegium" respectively. Modern editions have dropped these two titles and have reverted to calling the entire work the "Anthology" ().