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The hymn to Apollo, sung over frankincense powder. It opens with a long run of his titles, many of them taken from the places where he was worshipped, from Delphi to Memphis in Egypt.
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How it opens, word by word ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ Apóllōnos Of Apollo , θυμίαμα thymíama Incense μάνναν mánnan frankincense powder . Ἐλθέ Elthé Come , μάκαρ mákar blessed one , Παιάν Paián Paian , Τιτυοκτόνε Tityoktóne slayer of Tityos , Φοῖβε Phoîbe Phoebus , Λυκωρεῦ Lykōreû Lykoreus ,
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34.1 Come, blessed Paian, god of the golden lyre. Of Apollo. Incense: frankincense powder. Come, blessed one, Paian, slayer of Tityos, Phoebus, Lykoreus,…34.4 Slayer of Python, Delphic seer. god of Gryneion, Smintheus, slayer of Python, Delphic seer, wild, light-bringing god, lovely and…34.7 Lord of Delos and of the oracles. god of the Branchidai and of Didyma, god of Patara, Loxias, holy, lord of…34.10 You look upon the boundless aether. hear me as I pray for the people, with a kindly heart; for you…34.13 Beginning and end are yours. in the stillness of the night, under the star-eyed dark, you see the roots…34.16 The lyre that tunes the heavens. You who make all things bloom, you tune the whole heavens with your many-sounding…34.20 Winter, summer and spring on the strings. blending with harmony a lot that all the world shares, for men, mixing winter…34.24 Lord Pan, holder of the seal. For this mortals call you by the name of lord Pan, the two-horned god…Open Hymn 34 in the full reader
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