Anacreon

American  

[uh-nak-ree-uhn] / əˈnæk ri ən /

noun

1. c570–c480 b.c., Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.

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Anacreon British  

/ -ən, əˈnækrɪˌɒn /

noun

1. ?572–?488 _bc , Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine

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Example Sentences

Pace exudes a cold calculating menace that borders on sociopathic, while Kubbra Sait, as the grand huntress of the planet of Anacreon, is terrifyingly focused on vengeance above all else.

From The Verge • Nov. 20, 2021

The lyrics were written by American attorney Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, but the music was borrowed from the 18th century British song "To Anacreon in Heaven."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2016

Around 1776, the English composer John Stafford Smith wrote the tune “To Anacreon in Heaven” for the Anacreontic Society, a British gentlemen’s club that gathered regularly for dinners and concerts.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

The society’s president wrote the original lyrics, an ode to the jovial Greek poet Anacreon.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2014

He spoke a number of languages, ancient and modern, and had published a translation of Anacreon, with commentary, when he was only eighteen.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt