[epilys]

I agree it depends on the writer and their cultural and educational background. Another example is Thucydides (which as also a native Greek speaker, find funny that anglophones pronounce as Thoo-see-dee-dees, but I digress). Thucydides was considered even in eras closer to him than to as as too abstract/verbose.

Meanwhile Plutarch enriches the laconic myth corpus by reporting that the Lacedaemonians were content with replying to a letter with only the words "About what you wrote: no." Writing style is part of the message.

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...

Growing up bilingual, I personally always found Greek more verbose than English even in brevity. It's good for avoiding ambiguity and getting your intent across but sometimes bad for colloquial communication.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

About what you wrote: that's true (Greek can be too verbose than English; it's got inflections).

And yeah, I always get funny looks when I say "Θουκυδίδης" :)