Ἀνελέγετο
used to read through
Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] used to go over, used to practice.
"Simonides had as good a memory as anyone. Apollonius the Tyanian was like him. He kept his voice silent, but used to read through quite a lot.1 And his memory remained stronger than Simonides' when he was a hundred years old. And he had a certain song on memory, which he sang, and in which he said everything was wasted by time, but time itself was everlasting and undying because of memory."2
It is written: and a certain song was sung [by him] on memory.3
"Simonides had as good a memory as anyone. Apollonius the Tyanian was like him. He kept his voice silent, but used to read through quite a lot.1 And his memory remained stronger than Simonides' when he was a hundred years old. And he had a certain song on memory, which he sang, and in which he said everything was wasted by time, but time itself was everlasting and undying because of memory."2
It is written: and a certain song was sung [by him] on memory.3