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Anacreon
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Anacreon

Greek lyric poet. He lived in Abdera, Samos, and Athens, where he was favoured both before and after the institution of democracy. His love poetry, of great charm, was later widely imitated in verse known as the Anacreontics.



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104) Again, the link with Belleau might appear to be gratuitous, but only if one forgets that Belleau had just published (1556) his translation of the Carmina Anacreontea, where drinking and love are important themes.
Letters from home: the epistolary aspects of Joachim Du Bellay's 'Les ... by Bizer, Marc / Renaissance Quarterly
The author agrees with modern editors of the Anacreontea that, although Etienne claimed to have used two manuscripts for his edition (with a partial Latin translation and commentary) there is no evidence of a second manuscript.
Anacreon Redivivus: A Study of Anacreontic Translation in ... by Allaire, Joseph L. / Renaissance Quarterly
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