The first twenty-eight odes. In Greek and in English; and in both languages, in prose as well as in verse, with variorum notes, a grammatical analysis and a lexicon by John Broderick Roche

by Anacreon

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332 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2015

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.

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