41. He became a popular emperor; Quintus Aurelius Symmachus delivered a panegyric on Maximus'virtues. 42. It was then that he turned to the writing of panegyrics as a means of support. 43. Most of the work is written in verse and therefore, it is rather a panegyric . 44. Gibbon, the 18th-century historian, held Skanderbeg in high regard with panegyric expressions. 45. Later he wrote a panegyric for the funeral of the great Bergamasque " condottiero" 46. He sings a panegyric in honour of Vithoba, equating him with Vishnu and Shiva alike. 47. According to Diogenes La�rtius, he was celebrated after his death in numberless epigrams and panegyrics . 48. It is right now a panegyric . 49. But, on the whole, it impresses us as a mathematical panegyric on Hindu history. 50. Claudian's poetry is a valuable historical source, though distorted by the conventions of panegyric .
