Chapter Amreet to Anacreon Moore of A by Brewer's Readers Handbook

This list with very little trouble might be greatly multiplied. The hotbed of anachronisms is mediæval romance; there nations, times, and places are most recklessly disregarded. This may be instanced by a few examples from Ariosto’s great poem Orlando Furioso.

N.B.—Here we have Charlemagne and his paladins joined by Edward king of England, Richard earl of Warwick, Henry duke of Clarence, and the dukes of York and Gloucester (bk. vi.). We have cannons employed by Cymosco king of Friza (bk. iv.), and also in the siege of Paris (bk. vi.). We have the Moors established in Spain, whereas they were not invited over by the Saracens for nearly 300 years after Charlemagne’s death. In bk. xvii. we have Prester John, who died in 1202; and in the last three books we have Constantine the Great, who died in 337.

Anachronisms of Artists. This would furnish a curious subject. Fra Angelico, in his Crucifixion (in the Chapter House of San Muro) has, in the foreground, a man holding up the crucifix, a Dominican monk, a bishop with his crosier, and a mitred abbot blessing the people with one finger extended.

Anacreon, the prince of erotic and bacchanalian poets, insomuch that songs on these subjects are still called anacreontic (B.C. 563-478).

Anacreon of Painters, Francesco Albano or Albani (1578–1660).

Anacreon of the Guillotine, Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (1755–1841).

Anacreon of the Temple, Guillaume Amfrye, abbé de Chaulieu (1639–1720).

Anacreon of the Twelfth Century, Walter Mapes, “The Jovial Toper.” His famous drinking song, “Meum est propositum …” has been translated by Leigh Hunt (1150–1196).

The French Anacreon. I. Pontus de Thiard, one of the “Pleiad poets” (1521–1605). 2. P. Laujon, perpetual president of the Caveau Moderne, a Paris club noted for its good dinners, but every member was of necessity a poet (1727–1811).

The Scotch Anacreon, Alexander Scot, who flourished in 1550.

The Persian Anacreon, Mahommed Hafiz. The collection of his poems is called The Divan (1310–1389).

The Sicilian Anacreon, Giovanni Mell (1740–1815).

Anacreon Moore, Thomas Moore of Dublin (1779–1852), poet. Called “Anacreon,” from his translation of that Greek poet, and his own original anacreontic songs.

Described by Mahomet and Anacreon Moore.
   —Byron: Don Juan, i. 104.