Ἀρχαϊκόν
archaic
Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Apr 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"Since they understood the simplicity and archaic [nature] of Spyridon's share of piety and moreover his utter ignorance of Greek education, they used to prevent him from going out in public and contending with the sophist at an assembly."1
For [his was] an old and archaizing style of speaking,2 simple and unadorned.3
For [his was] an old and archaizing style of speaking,2 simple and unadorned.3