Two of his works are epitaphs for Timokritos and Agathias, who died fighting the Thracians, and his writings were compiled in six books by Aristarchos. He was born in Teos, but fled to Abdera when the Persians invaded, though he did much of his work at Samos after the tyrant Polycrates invited him to the court there. Leigh Hunt's "Portrait of His Mistress" is an imitation of a poem by this man, while poems by this man about the grasshopper and drinking were paraphrased b
Two of his works are epitaphs for Timokritos and Agathias, who died fighting the Thracians, and his writings were compiled in six books by Aristarchos. He was born in Teos, but fled to Abdera when the Persians invaded, though he did much of his work at Samos after the tyrant Polycrates invited him to the court there. Leigh Hunt's "Portrait of His Mistress" is an imitation of a poem by this man, while poems by this man about the grasshopper and drinking were paraphrased by Abraham Cowley. FTP, name this ancient Greek poet known for songs about alcohol and debauchery, whose putative experiences "in heaven" were the subject of a song composed around 1776 which later provided the tune for "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Two of his works are epitaphs for Timokritos and Agathias, who died fighting the Thracians, and his writings were compiled in six books by Aristarchos.