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The First Twenty-Eight Odes of Anacreon, 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
Excerpt from The First Twenty-Eight Odes of Anacreon, 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 saying that he had changed his strings, and, indeed, the whole lyre, the poet insinuates, that he had made great efforts to addict himself to he roic poetry, instead of singing the praises of women and wine; but that nature was too powerful for him, and that the rebel strings always respond ed Love.
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By saying that he had changed his strings, and, indeed, the whole lyre, the poet insinuates, that he had made great efforts to addict himself to he roic poetry, instead of singing the praises of women and wine; but that nature was too powerful for him, and that the rebel strings always respond ed Love.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
329 pages, Hardcover
First published September 27, 2015
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Anacreon
311 books14 followers563? 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
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
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