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Definition of Anacreontics
1. anacreontic [n] - See also: anacreontic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacreontics
Literary usage of Anacreontics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Masterpieces of Greek Literature: Homer: Tyrtaeus: Archilochus: Callistratus by Clara Hitchcock Seymour (1902)
"The wide popularity of his verses incited many to imitate them, and most of the
writings which have come down to us under his name are " anacreontics," ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Byzantine scholarly poetry; its decline in the twelfth century is contemporary
with the rise of popular poetry. me anacreontics, from the bucolic poets, ..."
3. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"In later days he cultivated the Provencal style in The Mistress; the style of
Anacreon, in his anacreontics; that of Pindar, ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... anacreontics. SCHOOL OF ANACREON. [ANACREON flourished in the sixth century
BC, and was the chief ornament for a while of the court of Polycrates, ..."
5. Greek Poets in English Verse by William Hyde Appleton (1893)
"anacreontics. , THE DOVE. TELL me, dear, delightful dove, Emblematic bird of
love, On your wavering wings descending, Whence you come, and whither tending ? ..."
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