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Sign in to saveAnacreon ( BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect. Like all early lyric poetry, it was composed to be sung or recited to the accompaniment of music, usually the lyre. Anacreon's poetry touched on universal themes of love, infatuation, disappointment, revelry, parties, festivals, and the observations of everyday people and life.
Anacreon was an ancient Greek poet famous for writing witty drinking songs and love poems in the Ionic dialect, composed to be performed with musical accompaniment like the lyre. His work, which explored timeless themes of romance, celebration, and daily life, earned him a place among the most important lyric poets in ancient Greek literary tradition.
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Anacreon (Greek Ἀνακρέων) (570 BC – 488 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. Anacreon was born at Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor. Little more is known of his life with certainty. The name and identity of his father is a matter of dispute, with different authorities naming four possibilities: Scythianus, Eumelus, Parthenius, or Aristocritus. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/an
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Quotes
- “To-day belongs to me,To-morrow who can tell.”
- “Persuasion's flowing well.”
- “The black earth drinks, in turnThe trees drink up the earth.The sea the torrents drinks, the sun the sea,And the moon drinks the sun.Why, comrades, do ye flout me,If I, too, wish to drink?”
- “Nature gave horns to the bull,Hoofs gave she to the horse.To the lion cavernous jaws,And swiftness to the hare.The fish taught she to swim,The bird to cleave the air;To man she reason gave;Not yet was woman dowered.What, then, to woman gave she?The priceless gift of beauty.Stronger than any buckler,Than any spear more piercing,Who hath the gift of beauty,Nor fire nor steel shall harm her.”
- “Ah, cruel 'tis to love,And cruel not to love,But cruelest of allTo love and love in vain.”
- “Love for lineage nothing cares,Tramples wisdom under foot,Worth derides, and only looksFor money.”
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- Person.name
- Anacreon
- Person.image
- File:Anacreon Louvre.jpg
- Person.image_caption
- A bust of Anacreon in the Louvre
- Person.native_name
- Ἀνακρέων
- Person.birth_date
- c. 573 BC
- Person.birth_place
- Teos, Ionia (modern Turkey)
- Person.death_date
- c. 495 BC (aged c. 78)
- Person.occupation
- Lyric poet
- Person.known_for
- Drinking songs, erotic poems, being one of the Nine Lyric Poets
- Person.nocat_wdimage
- yes
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- significant place
- Teos
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Anacreon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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- A translated poem
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Anacreon ( BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect. Like all early lyric poetry, it was composed to be sung or recited to the accompaniment of music, usually the lyre. Anacreon's poetry touched on universal themes of love, infatuation, disappointment, revelry, parties, festivals, and the observations of everyday people and life.
== Life == Anacreon lived in the sixth century BC. His exact year of birth is not known, with the general scholarly consensus being that he was likely born in the 570s BC: Hans Bernsdorff says c. 575, David Campbell says c. 570. The Suda reports four possible names for his father: Eumelus, Aristocritus, Parthenius, and Scythinus. Ancient sources agree that Anacreon came from Teos, on the coast of Ionia (modern Turkey); this tradition is attested as early as Herodotus, and at least one of Anacreon's fragments mentions the city. When Teos was conquered by Persia in the 540s BC, the Teians moved to Abdera, Thrace; Anacreon was probably already an adult.