Anacreon
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Anacreon was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the
A bust of Anacreon in the Louvre
Red-figure vase depicting the assassination of Anacreon's Athenian patron Hipparchus
Anacreon singing and playing his lyre.
Anachreon, Bachus et l'Amour by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Teos
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Teos or Teo was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, on a peninsula between Chytrium and Myonnesus. It was founded by Minyans from Orchomenus, Ionians and Boeotians, but the date of its founda
Anacreon
…The Suda reports four possible names for his father: Eumelus, Aristocritus, Parthenius, and Scythinus. Ancient sources agree that Anacreon came from Teos, on the coast of Ionia (modern Turkey); this tradition is attested as early as Herodotus, and at least one of Anacreon's fragments mentions the city…
Ruins of the theatre in Teos
Theatre in Teos ancient city
The bouleuterion in Teos ancient city
Ruins at Teos