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(But, lovely-eyed son of Leto, thou didst slay the child of Earth with thy arrows, and likewise Tityos who conceived a desire for thy mother . . . Thou didst kill the creature . . . hissing from its lair . . .) |
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The octave leap from B to b that begins the section is the converse of the previous closing descents at Kekropiai and philentheon. The emphasis now is on b, framed by the adjacent notes a and c', with some use of lower ones, g, e, and B (which is again jumped on from a great height). On syrigma cf. the note on 12. |
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(Again thou didst guard the shrine at the earth's navel when the barbarian war-fury, making to plunder thy oracular seat, perished in wintry storm.) |
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The melody now goes up into the highest register, soaring in two notes from the deep B to the top e', which becomes the focus. As in 12, the highest note used in the piece, in this case f', makes its appearance in a passage referring to the Gaulish invasion of Delphi in 279 BC. |
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