Anacreon known as the Anacreontea, composed between the first century BC and the sixth century AD, imitate him in both theme and metre, particularly his erotic and sympotic poetry, while avoiding themes present in Anacreon but which fall outside of the stereotype of him. Anacreon was respected as a poet, included in the canon of nine lyric poets. The Hellenistic poet Callimachus' "Lock of Berenice" is an adaptation of a poem by Anacreon, Ovid and Propertius allude to him, and he was an important influence on Horace, who refers to him three times in his poetry and frequently alludes to his work. Modern The anacreontic meter continued to be used into the medieval period, though the direct influence of Anacreon is uncertain. The Anacreontea were the most important influence on Anacreon's later reception, with the edition of Henricus Stephanus in 1554 initiating a trend for short and playful "Anacreontic" poetry. In the early modern period, Anacreon's poetry was translated into Latin as well as into the vernacular, and poets started once again to adapt his works. The European Anacreontic movement reached its height in the eighteenth century, with Anacreontic groups in Germany, France, and Britain including the London Anacreontic Society (1772–1779). In the visual arts, Anacreon was largely shown in a biographical or literary context: Raphael painted him in the company of Sappho in Parnassus, while a caricature by Honoré Daumier illustrates the ancient story that he choked to death on a grape seed. The ancient stereotype of Anacreon as the elderly, drunken poet of love was illustrated by Nicholas Poussin and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Notes References Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios, Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception, Cambridge, Mass., 2007. Rozokoki, Alexandra, Anacreon: Introduction, ancient text, translation and comments, Athens: Academy of Athens 2006 (in Greek) External links Poems by Anacreon English translations Lyrics and brief history of Anacreon in Heaven A collection of early translations of Anacreon into English (Archived 2009-10-25) Full length sculpture of Anacreon (in Danish) Ancient Greek poets Nine Lyric Poets 580s BC births 480s BC deaths 5th-century BC Greek people 6th-century BC poets Ionic Greek poets Poets of ancient Ionia Ancient Greek erotic poets Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology LGBT history in Greece Ancient LGBT people Greek LGBT poets People from Teos