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Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet born around 570BCE in Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor.  <ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-0188  " Ana'creon”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> He likely moved to Thrace in 545BCE with others from his city when it was attacked by Persians.  Following that, he moved to Samos and then to Athens and possibly again to Thessaly, seeking a safe place to write his poems as his patrons kept being murdered (Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, and Hipparchus, brother of Athenian tyrant Hippias). <ref>Ibid.</ref>  It is unknown where he died <ref>Ibid</ref>, though he made it to the unusually advanced age of 85 when he died in 485 BCE. <ref>Marty Roth, “’Anacreon’ and Drink Poetry; or, the Art of Feeling Very Very Good,” ''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'' 42, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 314.</ref><br/>
 
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<br/>Little of Anacreon’s actual works survives, but what does is focused almost solely on wine, love (homosexual and heterosexual) and the overall pleasures of the legendary Roman symposium <ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-120 "Anacreon"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> Anacreon utilized language to present clear images of love and to highlight the significant aspects of his writing through various techniques including self-deprecation and irony.  <ref>Ibid.</ref> The collection of miscellaneous Greek poems from the Hellenistic Age and beyond known as the ''Anacreontea'' <ref>Ibid</ref> was “mistakenly labeled” with Anacreon’s name, a fact known and denied through antiquity and the Renaissance, but once the unequivocal truth of the false origin of these poems was known, their previous fame and praise was cast aside in exchange for derision <ref>Roth, “’Anacreon’ and Drink Poetry; or, the Art of Feeling Very Very Good,” 316-17.</ref>  Unfortunately, despite the later appreciation for the ''true'' Anacreon’s poems, his works were not appreciated  contemporaneously or throughout Europe during the Renaissance as the false ''Anacreontea'' <ref>Ibid at 317.</ref><br/> 
 
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}}[[File:AnacreontisOdaria1802Bookplate.jpg|left|thumb|175px|<center>Bookplate of Peter Isaac, front pastedown.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreon Anacreon] (582 BCE–485 BCE) was a Greek lyric poet born in Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-0188  " Ana'creon”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> He likely moved to Thrace in 545 BCE with others from his city when it was attacked by Persians. He then moved to Samos, to Athens, and possibly again to Thessaly, seeking a safe place to write his poems as his patrons (including Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, and Hipparchus, brother of Athenian tyrant Hippias) kept being murdered.<ref>Ibid.</ref> It is unknown where Anacreon died,<ref>Ibid</ref> though he lived to the unusually advanced age of 85.<ref>Marty Roth, "Anacreon’ and Drink Poetry; or, the Art of Feeling Very Very Good,” ''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'' 42, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 314.</ref>
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Few of Anacreon’s works survive, but those that do focus on wine, love (homosexual and heterosexual), and the overall pleasures of the legendary Roman symposium.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-120 "Anacreon"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).]</ref> Anacreon used various techniques in his writings, including self-deprecation and irony.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The collection of miscellaneous Greek poems from the Hellenistic Age and beyond known as the ''Anacreontea''<ref>Ibid.</ref> was “mistakenly labeled” with Anacreon’s name. Despite later appreciation for Anacreon’s ''true'' poems, his works were not appreciated during his lifetime.<ref>Roth, "Anacreon’ and Drink Poetry; or, the Art of Feeling Very Very Good,” 317.</ref>
  
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This particular work is a collection of the extant ''Odes'' by Anacreon published in Ancient Greek with notes in Latin.
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[[File:AnacreontisOdaria1802Illustration63.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Illustration, page 63.</center>]]
 
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Anacreon. Gr. Forster. 12mo." This was one of the books kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson later sold a copy of "Anacreon. Gr. Forster" to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:477-78 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=498 [no.4405]].</ref> The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed October 8, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing include the 1802 London edition based on E. Millicent Sowerby's inclusion of that edition in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.
  
 
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157658434029254 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991027131319703196 William & Mary's online catalog].
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Anacreontis Odaria ad textus Barnesiani fidem emendata
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Title page from Anacreontis Odaria ad textus Barnesiani fidem emendata, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Anacreon
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Translator Edward Forster
Published Londini: Sumptibus editoris excudebant Gul. Bulmer et Soc. et prostant apud J. White et G. Miller
Date 1802
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Bookplate of Peter Isaac, front pastedown.
Anacreon (582 BCE–485 BCE) was a Greek lyric poet born in Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor.[1] He likely moved to Thrace in 545 BCE with others from his city when it was attacked by Persians. He then moved to Samos, to Athens, and possibly again to Thessaly, seeking a safe place to write his poems as his patrons (including Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, and Hipparchus, brother of Athenian tyrant Hippias) kept being murdered.[2] It is unknown where Anacreon died,[3] though he lived to the unusually advanced age of 85.[4]

Few of Anacreon’s works survive, but those that do focus on wine, love (homosexual and heterosexual), and the overall pleasures of the legendary Roman symposium.[5] Anacreon used various techniques in his writings, including self-deprecation and irony.[6] The collection of miscellaneous Greek poems from the Hellenistic Age and beyond known as the Anacreontea[7] was “mistakenly labeled” with Anacreon’s name. Despite later appreciation for Anacreon’s true poems, his works were not appreciated during his lifetime.[8]

This particular work is a collection of the extant Odes by Anacreon published in Ancient Greek with notes in Latin.

Illustration, page 63.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Anacreon. Gr. Forster. 12mo." This was one of the books kept by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson later sold a copy of "Anacreon. Gr. Forster" to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify Wythe's prior ownership.[9] The Brown Bibliography[10] and George Wythe's Library[11] on LibraryThing include the 1802 London edition based on E. Millicent Sowerby's inclusion of that edition in Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in near contemporary full brown diced calf with gilt rules, decorative elements and lettering. Includes an early gift inscription "W. Haygarth from P. Leigh" on the front flyleaf and the bookplate of Peter Issac on the front pastedown.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

Inscription, front flyleaf.

See also

References

  1. ↑ " Ana'creon” in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
  2. ↑ Ibid.
  3. ↑ Ibid
  4. ↑ Marty Roth, "Anacreon’ and Drink Poetry; or, the Art of Feeling Very Very Good,” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 42, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 314.
  5. ↑ "Anacreon" in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).]
  6. ↑ Ibid.
  7. ↑ Ibid.
  8. ↑ Roth, "Anacreon’ and Drink Poetry; or, the Art of Feeling Very Very Good,” 317.
  9. ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:477-78 [no.4405].
  10. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
  11. ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed October 8, 2013.

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