Anacreon

[ uh-nak-ree-uhn ]

/ əˈnæk ri ən /

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noun

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

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How to use Anacreon in a sentence

The drinking-song, from Anacreon down to all his imitators in Germany, occupies a special and very prominent place in literature.
The Art of Drinking|Georg Gottfried Gervinus
Anacreon, the lyric poet, was his contemporary, and all his poetry abounds with the praises of Polycrates.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
Voltaire says, that Anacreon, less old, produced less charming compositions.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
Go and amuse yourself with Horace, study Pausanias, and be gay over Anacreon.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

It occurs in several later miscellanies; and in the variorum translation of Anacreon published at Oxford in 1683.
Speculum Amantis|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Anacreon

Anacreon

/ (əˈnækrɪˌɒn, -ən) /

noun

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

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