Head of Anacreon, Greek lyric poet from Teos

Head of Anacreon, Greek lyric poet. 575-495 BC, from Teos, Ionia (now Sigac"nk, Turkey). Famous for his drinking songs and erotic poems. From a bronze medal. Anacreonte Teio. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Anacreon Bronze Medal Classical Mythology Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Ionia Lyric Poet Orator Poem Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth

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