Anacreon
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Anacreon was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his songs celebrating love, wine, and revelry.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek poet
ⓘ
lyric poet ⓘ person ⓘ |
| approximateBirthCenturyBC | 6th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Athens
ⓘ
Samos ⓘ Teos ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
drinking
ⓘ
love ⓘ revelry ⓘ symposium culture ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
court poetry
ⓘ
sympotic poetry ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Teos ⓘ |
| birthRegion |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ |
| citizenship | Teos ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| floruitCenturyBC | 6th century BC ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Anacreontic poets
ⓘ
Hellenistic lyric tradition ⓘ Neoclassical poets ⓘ Roman lyric poets ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | gave name to anacreontic verse ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
melic poetry ⓘ |
| meterUsed | anacreontic meter ⓘ |
| movement | Greek lyric tradition ⓘ |
| name | Anacreon self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
songs celebrating love
ⓘ
songs celebrating revelry ⓘ songs celebrating wine ⓘ |
| occupation |
lyric poet
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| patron |
Hipparchus of Athens
ⓘ
Polycrates of Samos ⓘ |
| period |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Archaic Greece
|
| portrayedAs | poet of love and wine ⓘ |
| reception |
highly admired in antiquity
ⓘ
imitated in later European literature ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Anacreontic poets
ⓘ
surface form:
Anacreontea
|
| workStatus | survives mainly in fragments ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.