I find it odd that in the Classical era (5-4 cent. BC)
Homer was already considered as being written in an archaic style. It was the equivalent of Shakespeare to the Ancient Greeks. Which makes it pretty fucking old (estimated written 9-8 cent BC, I think)

EDIT: Fuck. Homer was writing set in 12 cent BC, in around 9-7 BC depending on who you ask. That's weird.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:07, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

You don't think Shakespeare's plays are written in an archaic style, then?
Edit: He was transcribing stories based on an oral tradition. The copy of Beowulf that we have now is similarly hundreds of years away from the the events it describes.
( Kroney, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:09, Reply)

No, I do, that's my point
the language seemed archaic in fucking 5th century Athens.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:10, Reply)

I was more questioning your use of "already"
as you've said, it was 4-500 years old by the time the 5th century BC rolled around.

Shakespeare, indeed.
( Kroney, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:12, Reply)