place
Teos
also: Τέως, Τηιος (adj.)
Ionian city on the Anatolian coast, home of Anacreon — the 'stately old man' of the stanza Athenaeus quotes only to deny it to Sappho (PMG 953).
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §dub-pmg-953 Teian
Of Teos, the Ionian city of Anacreon — the 'stately old man' of the stanza. Athenaeus quotes the lines precisely to prove they cannot be Sappho's: the dates do not allow the romance.