Greek Poet Anakreon (wrongly entitled Demosthenes)

by Nationalmuseum

Anacreon / Anakreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. 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 re