c. 570 BC: Birth of Anacreon
545-540 BC: He joined in the foundation of Abdera in Thrace
533 BC: Anacreon joined the court of Polycrates, tyrant of Samos
522 BC: Polycrates’ fall
522 BC: Hipparchus sent a warship to fetch Anacreon from Samos
514 or 510 BC: After Hipparchus’ death, Anacreon went to Thessaly
After 499 BC: Anacreon came to Athens, where he watched Aeschylus' tragedies and made a love affair with Critias.
485 BC: Anacreon died in Athens or in Teos