63. Three lines of Ammianus (xxxi. 14) countenance a whole
oration of Themistius (viii. p. 101-120), full of adulation,
pedantry, and common place morality. The eloquent M. Thomas
(tom. i. p. 366-396) has amused himself with celebrating the
virtues and genius of Themistius, who was not unworthy of
the age in which he lived.