Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Ἀνακρέων(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /a.na.kré.ɔːn/(Attic Greek) /a.na.ˈkre.on/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) /ə.ˈnæ.kri.ən/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Greek ανα (ana) meaning "up, against" and κρέων (kreon) meaning "lord, ruler, king" (also compare Kreon).