12 Facts About Anacreon

Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems.

Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect.

Anacreon's poetry touched on universal themes of love, infatuation, disappointment, revelry, parties, festivals and the observations of everyday people and life.

Anacreon was born around 582 BC at Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor.

Anacreon seems to have taken part in the fighting, in which, by his own admission, he did not distinguish himself.

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When this circle was broken up by the assassination of Hipparchus, Anacreon seems to have returned to his native town of Teos, where, according to a metrical epitaph ascribed to his friend Simonides, he died and was buried.

Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect.

Anacreon's verses were primarily in the form of monody rather than for a chorus.

Anacreon's poetry touched on universal themes of love, infatuation, disappointment, revelry, parties, festivals, and observations of everyday people and life.

Anacreon had a reputation as a composer of hymns, as well as of those bacchanalian and amatory lyrics which are commonly associated with his name.

Anacreon's character was an issue, because, according to Pausanias, his statue on the Acropolis of Athens depicts him as drunk.

The subject of the poem still remains: Anacreon complaining that a young woman, whom he compares to a Thracian filly, does not recognize his amatory skills.