16. For Stilicho's Greek war compare the honest narrative of
Zosimus (l. v. [c. 7] p. 295, 296) with the curious
circumstantial flattery of Claudian (i. Cons. Stilich. 1. i.
172-186; iv. Cons. Hon. 459-487). As the event was not
glorious, it is artfully thrown into the shade.