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Up to here the rhythm has been uniformly paeonic. For the final section it changes to aeolic (glyconics, with a pherecratean to close). The heading of the piece describes it as a 'paean and processional'. The aeolic portion presumably corresponds to the processional. |
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(O Phoebus, preserve Pallas' divinely-founded city and glorious people, and thou too, goddess, mistress of Cretan archery and hunting hounds, Artemis, and august Leto. And keep the Delphians secure in house, family, and livelihood. And come in favouring mood for Bacchus' servant musicians; and increase the Romans' spear-crowned rule with age-long power, so that it thrives victorious.) |
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