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As in the First Delphic Hymn, the song opens by calling on the Muses to come to Delphi to join in the song in honour of Apollo: The first section of the Second Delphic Hymn (Limenios Paian) transcribed into modern notation (Places where the stone is broken have been indicated by rests in the music and empty brackets "[ ]" in the lyrics.)
Two hymns formerly assigned to Dionysius of Alexandria, one to the muse Calliope and one entitled Hymn to the Sun, have also been attributed to Mesomedes. In an article published in 2003, Annie Bélis proves that the Berlin musical papyrus (inv. 6870) contains a Paean to Apollo written by Mesomedes. [2] A total of 15 poems by Mesomedes are known.
The Hymn to Apollo makes reference to a chorus of maidens on the island of Delos, the Deliades, who sang hymns to Apollo, Leto and Artemis. [37] References to instruments of the lyre family (known interchangeably as phorminx) occur throughout the Homeric Hymns and other archaic texts, such as the Iliad and Odyssey. [38]
At all events the meaning of "healer" gradually gave place to that of "hymn", from the phrase "Ἰὴ Παιάν" or "Ἰὼ Παιάν". Such songs were originally addressed to Apollo, and afterwards to other gods, like Dionysus, Helios, and Asclepius.
In the rest of the collection, there are several passages which indicate the work was written as though composed by Orpheus: [38] Orphic Hymn 76 to the Muses mentions "mother Calliope", [39] and Orphic Hymn 24 to the Nereids refers to "mother Calliope and lord Apollo", alluding to the parentage of Orpheus (whose father was sometimes said to be ...
The arrangement of the hymn is notable for its use of the first polyphonic synthesizer, the Moog Apollo. It was released as a single, but failed to chart in the United Kingdom. [55] [56] An instrumental rendition of the hymn was included in the 1989 album "The Amsterdam EP" by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. [57]
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Cynaethus or Cinaethus (Greek: Κύναιθος or Κίναιθος) of Chios was a rhapsode, a member of the Homeridae, sometimes said to have composed the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. The main source of information on Cynaethus is a Scholium to Pindar's second Nemean ode. [1]