The emperor Augustus introduced an archaistic revival of ancient virtue and ancient religion, which caused the poem of Lucretius On the Nature of Things to become unpopular, and it remained so until the Renaissance.
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Archaistic
//ɑːkeɪˈɪstɪk//
Synonyms for "archaistic"
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Finnish
2 entries- arkaistinen adj (Translations)
- vanhahtava adj (Translations)
Greek
2 entries- αρχαιοπρεπής adj (Translations)
- αρχαϊστικός adj (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- archaistyczny adj (Translations)
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As in the case of Renaissance Italy, it is precisely the presence of the archaistic in the modern that is so fascinating to the cultural historian.
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