Title: Odes of Anacreon Translated Into English Verse, with Notes. by Thomas Moore, ESQ. of the Middle Temple. Vol. I
Binding: Full leather Book Condition: Near Fine; Ex-libris to front end-paper. John Kerley Smith. Otium Sine Litteris Moris Est. Foxing to preliminary leafs. Corners and spine bumped. Edition: Seventh Edition Size: 16mo Publisher: London J. Carpenter 1806
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Poet from Teos in Asia Minor who lived and worked in Athens, Samos and Thessaly. He wrote mainly about love and wine, and invented a poetic form of verse called anacreonic. Anacreon is credited with a satire about the inventor of the throwing machine, Artemon Periforetos, who was so anxious for his security that he always had his slaves carry him around close to the ground in case he should fall out, and with a shield above him in case anything should fall from above. Anacreon lived until the age of 85, when he choked on a grape and died. ; 163 pages
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