anacreon

English - Turkish

Definition of anacreon in English Turkish dictionary

{i} anakrion

{i} yunan lirik şairi

English - English

Definition of anacreon in English English dictionary

An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek lyric poet (570 BC – 488 BC), notable for his drinking songs and hymns

or Anakreon born 582 BC, Teos, Ionia died 485 Last great lyric poet of Asian Greece. Only fragments of his poetry have survived. Though he may have written serious poems, the poems quoted by later writers are chiefly in praise of love, wine, and revelry. His sentiments and style were widely imitated, and the anacreontic metre in poetry was named for him

{i} Anakreon (570 BC- 478 BC), Greek poet who wrote love and wine poems

Hyphenation

A·nac·re·on

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakreōn).