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Anacreon

Anacreon

570 BC –485 BC

Poet, Writer, Epigrammatist, Hofmeister

Lived 85 years

Born in
Teos
Passed away in
Teos

Anacreon (c. 573 – c. 495 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect. Like all early lyric poetry, it was composed to be sung or recited to the accompaniment of music, usually the lyre. Anacreon's poetry touched on universal themes of love, infatuation, disappointment, revelry, parties, festivals, and the observations of everyday people and life.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreon