Anacreontea in the Art of М. N. Muravyov

Anacreontic reception in the poet's art of M. N. Muravyov of the XVIII century is considered in this article. It also analyzes the translation of the anacreontic ode “The Underside and the Top of the Earth” by M. N. Muravyov. As a result of comparative analysis of the source and translation it was found that overall the translation is identical to the original as M. N. Muravyov conveyed the meaning of the ode, the mood, and the key images. Deviations from the original, lexical, artistic, syntactic additions are explained by the translation strategy of M.N. Muravyov who was aiming to accurately convey the main idea of the author's anacreontic ode.