anacreontic
- adjective
- /ˌænəˈkriːəntɪk/
- Literature
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anacreóntico
- He raised his glass and shared an anacreontic toast, extolling the pleasures of life, love, and fine wine.
- anacreontic poetry
- Anacreontic tradition
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As Marshall Brown observes, "the history of Anacreontic poetry is a rich and varied chapter in the biography of European civilization," but one that, "in Pierre Bourdieu's phrase," has been "written out of literary history." 6
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The "Sons of Anacreon" opened their meetings with the "Anacreontic Song," sung to the tune later used for the US national anthem: addressed "To Anacreon, in Heaven," the song petitions the "jolly old Grecian."
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Anacreontic verse was "written out" of history after the majority of the odes formerly attributed to Anacreon were reattributed to later, inferior Greek writers.
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Janet Levarie observed in her 1973 study of "Renaissance Anacreontics," "few people seem... to know quite what is meant by an anacreontic poem" (p. 221).
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Brown's view accords with the suppressed eroticism I address below in "Wine of Cyprus." The Anacreontic tradition continued to ferment in multiple other ways in Britain into the early Victorian period.
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EBB's translations and letters thus indicate that she was well-versed in the forms, conventions, and connotations of Anacreontic poetry, as she signals throughout "Wine of Cyprus," quite apart from her opening invocation of Bacchus.
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The cheerful atmosphere at the party inspired many guests to recite anacreontic poems about love and friendship.
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In her latest collection, the poet captures the essence of youth and joy through anacreontic verses that celebrate the beauty of nature.
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Having the beauty and strong feeling of poems
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Showing beauty, imagination, and strong feeling
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Etymology
The word anacreontic comes from the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote short, cheerful songs about love and wine. So anacreontic describes a light, lyrical style that celebrates simple pleasures.