 Photius praises the style of Malchus as a model of historical composition; pure, free from redundancy and consisting of well-selected words and phrases.He notices also his eminence as a rhetorician, and says that he was favourable to Christianity; a statement which has been thought inconsistent with the praises for Pamprepius.The works of Malchus are lost, except the portions contained in the " of Constantine VII, and some extracts in Suda.