Complex sentence: The lyric poet mentioned herein is Simonides of Ceos (6th--5th c. BC), and despite the testimony of the etymologica, every source that quotes the iambic poet spells his name identically with that of his more famous namesake,.
Split into simpler sentences: The lyric poet mentioned herein is Simonides of Ceos (6th--5th c. BC). Despite the testimony of the etymologica, every source that quotes the iambic poet spells his name identically with that of his more famous namesake,.