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In this presentation, I argue that the poet of Anacreontea 11 as well as Anacreon himself (as preserved in Fr. 127 F. = 445 P. ap. Him. Or. 48.4 [pp. 197-198 Colonna]), take on a persona resonant with that of an ancient magician in their attitude toward the divine Eros/Erotes. In particular, I build on the work of two scholars. First, Faraone 1999, who shows how archaic love poetry’s unsettlingly violent portrayal of desire can help modern readers understand often disturbing ancient erotic magic. Second, Kantzios 2005 and 2010, who demonstrates that Anacreon, because of his status as court entertainer at various tyrants’ symposia, deliberately adopts an “outsider” persona in his poetry. I bring Faraone and Kantzios’ approaches together with Edmonds’ comprehensive 2019 publication on Mediterranean magical practice to argue that Anacreon and his imitator in Anacreontea 11 position themselves with respect to Eros/Erotes just as certain magicians of the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) position themselves in relation to the same deity/ies. While Faraone’s analogy between magicians and erotic poets is extremely useful (and Rosenmeyer 1992 picks up on this analogy in her seminal work on the Anacreontea) I press further by comparing Anacreon not to spells intent on binding the magician’s human object of desire but instead those aiming to bind Eros himself. To this end, I analyze Himerius’ anecdotes about Anacreon’s poetry and Anacreontea 11 in conversation with PGM 7.478-90, 4.1716-1870, and 12.14-95. In each of these recipes, the magician commands, cajoles, and wheedles Eros in order to ensure that the deity will do his bidding; in 445 and 11, Anacreon adopts the same attitude, attempting to force Eros/Erotes in turn to force his beloved to desire the poet. My analysis enhances our perspective of the relationship between poetic and magical personae; provides further insight into the relationship between Anacreon and his imitator/s; and broadens our understanding of how poets (even allegedly atheistic or irreligious poets [e.g. Bucceroni 2019, Bowra 1961]) relate to the supernatural realm.