His style was high-flown and artificial, as was natural considering his early training, and he frequently sacrificed truth to rhetoric effect; but, according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, he and Theopompus were the only historical writers whose language was accurate and finished.
His style was high-flown and artificial, as was natural considering his early training. He frequently sacrificed truth to rhetoric effect. But he and Theopompus were the only historical writers. This was according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The only historical writers's language was accurate. The only historical writers's language finished.