“I love, and I love not; I am mad, and I am not mad.”

Anacreon

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About Anacreon

Poet Greek

Anacreon was a celebrated Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs, erotic poems, and hymns. Born in the Ionian city of Teos, he later became a court poet for tyrants such as Polycrates of Samos and Hipparchus...

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