Anakreon: The Extant Fragments

by Anacreon, Guy Davenport (Translator)

These fragments are all that survive of a poet whose name was Anakreon. Limited Edition of 90 copies, of which the first fifteen were bound in quarter-leather and papyrus.

42 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

563? BC - 478? BC.
Songs of noted Greek poet Anacreon praised love and wine.

This able lyricist drank with hymns. People later included him in the canonical list of nine lyric. Anacreon wrote in the ancient Ionic dialect. People composed all early lyrics to recite to the accompaniment of music, usually the lyre. It touched on universal themes of infatuation, disappointment, revelry, parties, festivals, and the observations of everyday people and life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreon