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Anacreon (582–485 B.C.)

Anacreon (a-nak’rēon). A renowned lyric poet of Greece; born at Teos in Ionia, 562? B.C.; died in 477 B.C. He enjoyed the patronage of Polycrates, autocrat of Samos; and while at his court, composed most of the odes in praise of wine and women which won for him pre-eminence among singers. A few of his authentic compositions have come down to us: under his name as many as 68 extant poems circulate, but the authorship of many of these is extremely doubtful. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).

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