Anacreon of the Temple
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Guillaume Am- frye (1639-1720), abbe" de Chaulieu; French man of letters and man of the world ; called by Voltaire (whom he encouraged) " the greatest of neglected poets.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Anacreon of the Temple” mean?
Guillaume Am- frye (1639-1720), abbe" de Chaulieu; French man of letters and man of the world ; called by Voltaire (whom he encouraged) " the greatest of neglected poets.
Is “Anacreon of the Temple” formal or informal?
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