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

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