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

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2020

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.”

From New York Times • May 28, 2020

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

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