ANACREONTIC VERSE, in Ancient Poetry, a kind of verse, so called from its being much used by the poet Anacreon. It consists of three feet and a half, usually spondees and iambs, and sometimes anapaests.
ANACRISIS (ἀνάκρισις), a trial or examination which the archons or chief magistrates of Athens underwent before their admission into that office. The anacrisis stands distinguished from the dokimasia, which was a second examination in the agora. The anacrisis was performed in the senate-house. The questions here proposed to them were concerning their family, kindred, behaviour, estate, &c. It is the opinion of some that all magistrates underwent the anacrisis.