Anacreon

[ uh-nak-ree-uh n ]

/ əˈnæk ri ən /

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

Example sentences from the Web for anacreon

The tune was "To Anacreon in Heaven," an air which had long been a favorite.

Good Stories For Great Holidays |Frances Jenkins Olcott
It only remains to add that this enigmatical character well earned the title of ‘the Anacreon of his age.’

Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England |Richard Valpy French
Your Anacreon is a very uncommon book; neither London nor Cambridge can supply a copy of that edition.

Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) |Boswell
The translation you send me does not 'smell of Anacreon,' nor please me.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) |Frederic G. Kenyon

He also suggested to me to paint the little "Venus" rising out of the sea (from Anacreon), of which I have already made a sketch.

The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton |Mrs. Russell Barrington

Anacreon

/ (əˈnækrɪˌɒn, -ən) /

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