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Introduction 1 1 The nature of Greek hymns ................ 1 1.1 What is a hymn? ................. . . . . 1 1.2 Ancient theory ................... 8 1.3 Cult song ................... . 14 1.4 Performance ................... . 20 1.5 Cult song and Pan-Hellenic festival ........ 35 2 A survey of the extant remains ........ ..... 40 2.1 The Homeric Hymns . . . . . .. ..... 41 2.2 Lyric monody ..... . .. .......43 2.3 Choral lyric .... . .. .........44 2.4 Callimachus .... . .. ........45 2.5 Philosophical and allegorical hymns . . ...... 47 2.6 Magical hymns . . ... ........47 2.7 Prose hymns . . ... .........48 2.8 The Orphic Hymns and Proklos ......... . 49 3 Form and composition ......... 50 3.1 Invocation .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 3.2 Praise ......... .......56 3.3 Prayer ........ 60 3.4 An example ....... 63 1 Crete 65 1.1 A Cretan hymn to Zeus of Mt. Dikta . . . . . . . . . . 68 2 Delphi 77 Theory of the Paian ..................... 84 Early Delphic Hymns . . . . . . .... . . . ..... . 91 Delphic mythical tradition .................93 2.1 Alkaios' paian to Apollo .. ............... 99 2.2 Pindar's 6th paian . . . . . . . . ...... .... 102 2.3 Aristonoos' hymn to Hestia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 2.4 Aristonoos' paian to Apollo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 2.5 Philodamos' paian to Dionysos . . . ........ . ... 121 2.6 Two paians to Apollo with musical notation . . .... 129 2.6.1 Athenaios' paian and prosodion to Apollo .... 135 2.6.2 Limenios' paian and prosodion to Apollo . . . 137 3 Delos 139 Olen and the Hyperboreans . ..... ... ... ; 146 International theoriai to Delos .. . . .. . . . . .. 151 Fragments of Pindar's Deliaka . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 153 3.1 Paian 7b . * . . . . . . . . ..153 3.2 Paian 5, For the Athenians ...... ........ .. 156 3.3 (?)Paian 12, ?For the Naxians .............. . 157 4 Lyric Hymns from Lesbos and Ionia 159 4.1 Sappho's invocation of Aphrodite ..... . ..... 163 4.2 Sappho's prayer to Hera·. . ... . . . . . . . 165 4.3 Alkaios' hymn to the Dioskouroi .. ... . . . 166 4.4 Alkaios' hymn to Hera, Zeus and Dionysos . . .. ... 171 4.5 Anakreon's request to Dionysos ....... . . . . . . . 176 4.6 Anakreon's bow to Artemis ........... .... 178 5 Thebes 181 Theban myth and cult song ................. 182 Pindar .............................. 187 5.1 Pindar's Theban hymn to Zeus ...............191 5.2 Pindar's Theban dithyramb ................. 197 5.3 Pindar's ninth paian ............. ... . 199 6 The healing cult of Epidauros 207 6.1 Paian to Asklepios ..................... 211 6.2 Hymn to the Mother of the Gods .............. 214 6.3 Ariphron's Paian to Hygieia ................ 224 6.4 Isyllos' paian to Apollo and Asklepios . .......... 227 6.5 Hymn to Pan ........ . . . . . ........... 240 6.6 A prayer to Asklepios in Herodas .. . . . . . ....... 243 6.7 Hymn to All the Gods ....................244 7 Athens 247 Dionysos and the Dithyramb ................ 248 7.1 Pindar's dithyramb to Dionysos ...... 256 7.2 Attic skolia ..... . . .. . . . . . . 258 7.2.1 Athena . . . . . ... . . ...... . 259 7.2.2 Demeter and Persephone ............ .. 259 7.2.3 Leto, Apollo and Artemis ............. 259 7.2.4 Pan .... . . . . . ...... .. ....... 260 7.3 Sophocles' paian to Asklepios . . . . . .......... 261 7.4 Aristotle's hymn to Virtue ................. 262 7.5 Makedonikos' paian to Apollo and Asklepios . . . .... 266 7.6 A morning-song for Asklepios .... ........... 267 7.7 Two hymns to Telesphoros ................. 268 7.7.1 Hymn 1 ........... 268 7.7.2 Hymn 2 ....................... 269 8 Hymns in Drama I: Aeschylus 273 General introduction: hymns in tragedy ... . . . . . . .. . 273 8.1 Hymns to Zeus in the Suppliants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 8.1.1 Ancestral gods and Zeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 8.1.2 'Lord of Lords' ................... 281 8.2 Zeus in the Agamemnon . .... ..286 8.2.1 'Zeus, whoever he may be' .. . . . . ....... 286 8.2.2 'Almighty Zeus and friendly Night' . . . ..... 288 8.3 The Erinyes in Eumenides ................. 290 8.3.1 A 'binding song' of the Erinyes . . . . ...... 290 8.3.2 Banishing the Erinyes ............... 293 9 Hymns in Drama II: Sophocles 297 9.1 Eros and Dionysos in Antigone . ............. 299 9.1.1 Eros and Aphrodite . . . 299 9.1.2 A hymn to Theban Dionysos ............ 301 9.2 A paian in time of plague in OT ............. 304 9.3 Hades and Kore in OC ........ ........... 308 10 Hymns in Drama Im: Euripides 311 10.1 Purity and love in Hippolytos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 10.1.1 A hunter's song to Artemis ............. 313 10.1.2 The power of Eros and Aphrodite . ........ 315 10.2 A patriotic hymn in time of war in Herakleidai . . . ... 316 10.3 The hymns in Ion . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .... 320 10.3.1 Ion's monody. .......... ......... 320 10.3.2 Athena Nike and Artemis ............. 324 10.3.3 Kreousa's denunciation of Apollo ....... .. 326 10.3.4 Einodia ............... ..328 10.4 A narrative hymn in Iphigeneia in Tauris .......... 329 11 Hymns in Drama IV: Aristophanes 337 11.1 Two parabasis-songs in the Knights . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 11.1.1 Poseidon Hippios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 11.1.2 Athena Nike .......... . . . . . . . . 345 11.2 Hymns to ratify a peace treaty in Lysistrata . . . . . . . . 346 11.3 The hymns in Thesmophoriazousai . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 11.3.1 Agathon's song to Apollo, Artemis and Leto . . . 350 11.3.2 A song to All the Gods . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 354 11.3.3 'Come, join the dance' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 11.3.4 Pallas Athena, Demeter and Kore . . . . . .... 360 11.4 The hymns to Eleusinian deities in Frogs . . . . . . . .. 361 11.4.1 Iakchos ................... . . . . . . . . 364 11.4.2 Kore ................... . . . . . . . . . 365 11.4.3 Demeter ........... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 11.4.4 Iakchos ................... . . . . . . . . 367 12 Some Miscellaneous Hymns 369 12.1 Invocation of Dionysos by the women of Elis . . . . . . . 369 12.2 A hymn to Poseidon and the dolphins ........... 372 12.3 A women's song to Artemis ................ 376 12.4 An anonymous paian to Apollo ............... 378 12.5 A hymnic temple-dedication from Paros .......... 379