3. Barthius, who adored his author with the blind
superstition of a commentator, gives the preference to the
two books which Claudian composed against Eutropius, above
all his other productions (Baillet, Jugemens des Savans,
tom. iv. p. 227). They are indeed a very elegant and
spirited satire, and would be more valuable in an historical
light, if the invective were less vague and more temperate.