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(Then the god left the island of Mount Cynthus and went to the famed land that first grew cereals, Attica, on the jutting hill of Athena.)
Similar to the preceding section, but with one jump to e'. The cadence at Tritonídos echoes that at ampéchei.
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(Pouring forth its honey-breathed voice, the Libyan pipe sang sweetly, blending with the shimmering tunes of the kithara, while Echo who lives among the rocks joined in the holy song.)
The focus shifts to e, the bottom note of a conjunct pair of chromatic tetrachords: e f0295-003.gifa0295-004.gifd. The expressive figure on aiólois 'shimmering' may well have been identical to that used in the same phrase in 12.

 
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