returns to the familiar note-set f a b c', and reaches a full cadence on e, a fourth below the tonic.
(Lo, famous Attica of the great city is here at prayer, whose home is Athena's invincible ground; and on the sacred altars Hephaestus is burning the thighs of young bulls.)
This passage is situated in the fifth from a up to e' with the semitones on each side. There is much semitonal chromaticism, especially in three-note figures such as bb, d' ' d'. It contributes effectively to the picture of the flickering altar flames. See pp. 196, 201.
(At the same time Arabian incense-smoke spreads up to heaven, and the clear-braying pipe weaves shimmering tunes into the singing, while the sweet-voiced golden kithara takes its part in the song of praise.)
b, d' 
' d'. It contributes effectively to the picture of the flickering altar flames. See pp. 196, 201.