§12.11.1παρεσιώπησεν;
...have passed it over in silence?
ὁ γὰρ τὰς συγκρίσεις ποιούμενος ἀνέκαθεν τῶν ἐφόρων πρὸς τοὺς βασιλεῖς τοὺς ἐν Λακεδαίμονι καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας τοὺς Ἀθήνησι καὶ τὰς ἱερείας τὰς ἐν Ἄργει παραβάλλων πρὸς τοὺς ὀλυμπιονίκας, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῶν πόλεων περὶ τὰς ἀναγραφὰς τὰς τούτων ἐξελέγχων, παρὰ τρίμηνον ἐχούσας τὸ διαφέρον, οὗτός ἐστι.
For he is the one who, from the beginning, makes comparisons of the ephors with the kings in Lacedaemon and the archons in Athens, contrasting them with the Olympic victors, and who exposes the errors of cities regarding their records, even where they differ by only three months.
§12.11.2καὶ μὴν ὁ τὰς ὀπισθοδόμους στήλας καὶ τὰς ἐν ταῖς φλιαῖς τῶν νεῶν προξενίας ἐξευρηκὼς Τίμαιός ἐστιν.
Moreover, it is Timaeus who searched out the stelae in the back chambers of temples and the treaties of proxy on the doorposts of temples.
§12.11.3ὃν οὔθʼ ὑπάρχον τι τῶν τοιούτων ἀγνοεῖν οὔθʼ εὑρόντα παραλιπεῖν πιστευτέον οὔτε ψευσαμένῳ συγγνώμην δοτέον οὐδαμῶς· §12.11.4πικρὸς γὰρ γεγονὼς καὶ ἀπαραίτητος ἐπιτιμητὴς τῶν πέλας εἰκότως ἂν καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν πλησίον αὐτὸς ἀπαραιτήτου τυγχάνοι κατηγορίας.
We must neither believe that he was ignorant of any such evidence when it existed, nor that he omitted it having found it, nor must any pardon be granted to him when he has lied; for having been a bitter and relentless critic of his neighbors, he would himself naturally meet with a relentless accusation by his neighbors.
οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ προφανῶς ἐν τούτοις ἐψευσμένος, §12.11.5μεταβὰς ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ Λοκροὺς πρῶτον μέν φησι τήν τε πολιτείαν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ φιλάνθρωπα τοῖς Λοκροῖς ἀμφοτέροις Ἀριστοτέλη καὶ Θεόφραστον κατεψεῦσθαι τῆς πόλεως.
Be that as it may, having clearly lied in these matters, and having passed on to the Locrians in Italy, he first says that Aristotle and Theophrastus lied about the city, regarding its constitution and other humane institutions to both sets of Locrians.
§12.11.6ἐγὼ δʼ οὐκ ἀγνοῶ μὲν ὅτι καὶ ταύτῃ τῆς πραγματείας ἀναγκασθήσομαι παρεκβαίνειν, διοριζόμενος καὶ διαβεβαιούμενος περὶ τούτων· §12.11.7οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ διὰ ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν εἰς ἕνα τόπον ὑπερεθέμην τὸν περὶ Τιμαίου λόγον, ἵνα μὴ πολλάκις ἀναγκάζωμαι τοῦ καθήκοντος ὀλιγωρεῖν. —
Now, I am not ignorant that on this point of my treatise also I shall be forced to digress, in defining and making assertions about these matters; nevertheless, for this very reason I postponed the discussion about Timaeus to a single place, so that I might not be frequently forced to neglect my proper duty.
§12.11.8ὅτι Τίμαιός φησι μέγιστον ἁμάρτημα περὶ τὴν ἱστορίαν εἶναι τὸ ψεῦδος· διὸ καὶ παραινεῖ τούτοις, οὓς ἂν ἐξελέγξῃ διεψευσμένους ἐν τοῖς συγγράμμασιν, ἕτερόν τι ζητεῖν ὄνομα τοῖς βυβλίοις, πάντα δὲ μᾶλλον ἢ καλεῖν ἱστορίαν. —
For Timaeus says that the greatest error in history is falsehood; wherefore he also advises those whom he may expose as having lied in their writings to seek some other name for their books, and to call them anything rather than history.