Anacreon

[uh-nak-ree-uhn]

noun

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

Anacreon

/ -ən, əˈnækrɪˌɒn /

noun

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

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.

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

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Key’s poem was set to “To Anacreon in Heaven,” the anthem of a London gentleman’s club, composed by John Stafford Smith sometime in the late 1760s or early 1770s.

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Key wrote something during the night, and back in his hotel room, he did some rewriting and polishing of lyrics that could be sung to the English drinking tune “To Anacreon in Heaven.”

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It was attached to a song based on an old drinking tune called “The Anacreon in Heaven” sung at 18th-century British gentlemen’s clubs.

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