“Thracian mare, why do you look at me askance and flee so cruelly, and think I have no skill?”

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...