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Excerpt from The Odes of Anacreon: The Teian Bard, Literally Translated Into English Prose; From the Best Text, With the Original Greek, the Metres, the Ordo, and English Accentuation; To Which Are Subjoined Notes Critical and Explanatory
Respecting the parentage and early days of Anacreon, very little, indeed, is known: but many circumstances, as well as tradition, render it probable, that his parents were afliuent, perhaps 'noble; and, that the education which he received, was such as befitted a person of high birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.