Crossword-Solution: ANACREON
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Greek poet famed for odes to love and wine | 1 answer |
| Greek lyric poet (563–478 B. C.) | 1 answer |
| Greek lyric poet, circa 500 B.C. | 1 answer |
| Greek poet noted for drinking songs. | 1 answer |
| Ancient Greek lyric poet | 2 answers |
| Greek poet. | 7 answers |
| Ancient Greek city-state | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RETAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ANACREON (5)
Anacreonticus.] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
Anacreon’s drinking-cup was placed in apt juxtaposition with one of Tom Moore’s wine-glasses and Circe’s magic bowl.
LOVE AND AGE The night was dark; The wind blew cold; Anacreon, grown morose and old, Sat by his fire, and fed the chearful flame: Suddenly the Cottage-door expands, And lo! before him Cupid stands, Casts round a friendly glance, and greets him by his name.
The tune of "Anacreon in Heaven" has been objected to as "foreign"; but in truth it is an estray, and Key's and the American people's by adoption.
Among the venerable sages are Appolonius of Tyana, a follower of Pythagoras, who lived to over one hundred; Xenophilus, also a Pythagorean, was one hundred and six; Demonax, a Stoic, lived past one hundred; Isocrates was ninety-eight, and Solon, Sophocles, Pindar, Anacreon, and Xenophon were octogenarians.
Quotes with ANACREON (1)
And just how did you arrive at that remarkable conclusion, Mr. Mayor?""In a rather simple way. It merely required the use of that much-neglected commodity -- common sense. You see, there is a branch of human knowledge known as symbolic logic, which can be used to prune away all sorts of clogging deadwood that clutters up human language.""What about it?" said Fulham." I applied it. Among other things, I applied it to this document here. I didn't really need to for myself becau…
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Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1944–2003).