The last great lyric poet in Greece and Asia. His poems have only fragments. Although he may have written serious poems, later writers mainly quoted his poems to praise love, wine and carnival. His perception and style are widely imitated, and the "Ana Creon Style" in the poetic style is named after him.
brief introduction
Anacreon is a Greek court poet. He lived in a good social environment for a long time. In Alexander's time, he left five volumes of poetry-elegies, satires, short poems and songs. Now, all we see is a satirical poem and several other fragments of drinking songs and love songs written to his entourage, Barty Orus. These songs are very popular, so there are imitations of his poems in different historical periods, such as Anacreon Thier, which was formed in the historical period from the 3rd century BC to the Renaissance.
The rhythm, wording and ideas in Anacreon's poems are fresh and smooth, which is unique and extraordinary among Greek writers. A child can understand his poems and sing them casually and beautifully. But those poems that imitate poets are more Anacreon-like than Anacreon-like. Gilbert Murray said: "Compared with these imitations, Anacreon's real works are rich in theme and rhythm, and even have the solemn and detached artistic conception of the sixth century (before the times). Without those endless imitations and defining him as a typical figure of a happy and affectionate 80-year-old man, our comprehensive understanding and understanding of him may be higher. "
Anacreon, like other Greek poets, has not much left, and we know a thing or two from the remaining fragments. The theme of his poems is about love and drinking. Compared with Sappho, his poems seem more prosaic, gentle and soothing. His exquisite descriptions and simple sentences make Greeks and modern poets love him very much and imitate his style one after another. Finally, his imitator wrote an anthology of Anacreon. In the following centuries, people have always regarded it as the work of Anacreon himself. Our imaginary real Anacreon's poems, modern imitators and some translators usually refer to this talented Anacreon anthology. Indeed, Anacreon has some exquisite works, which are worthy of being called Anacreon's works.