The Festival Psalms · Psalm V: The Psalm of Therinai Tropai · Solstitium · Fors Fortuna · Summer Solstice · Midsummer

To Apollo, Phoibos, Pythios, Paian, Mousagetes, the Sun at his zenith, for the Summer Solstice of the 23rd of June, when the Sun stands still in the Crab

THE FESTIVAL PSALMS · PSALM V · Ψαλμὸς τῶν Θερινῶν Τροπῶν

author: High Priest Zevios Metathronos

72 passages · 72 to Apollo · Homeric-Ionic hymnic cola · Ancient Greek, transliteration, English, in 3 columns

#How the Psalm Is Used

This Psalm belongs to Therinai Tropai · Solstitium · Fors Fortuna · Summer Solstice · Midsummer: The Triumph of Apollo and is sung within its Rite at the points the festival page marks. It may also be read on its own on the day, before the altar or under the sky, as a complete prayer. Within the Temple's practice a ritual is a direct theurgical act; the Psalm gathers the mind and turns it toward the Gods, and gives the Rite its voice.

Each passage stands in 3 columns, read down the page: the Ancient Greek, the transliteration and the English. The Ancient Greek is the text itself. The transliteration carries the sound, in the Modern Greek liturgical reading used throughout the Temple's rituals and its Ancient Hymn Library: ee as in see, oo as in moon, th as in thin, kh as in loch, v for beta, f for phi, every consonant sounded.

The English carries the sense. A Zevist who doesn't yet read Greek sings the English and speaks the Greek of the first and last line of each movement; a Zevist who does, sings the Greek and lets the English stand beside it.

In a gathering the Chorus carries the Greek and the assembly answers the last line of every passage in English. Alone, read it through without hurry; 72 passages take about 40 minutes spoken, and the Rite allows for it. The Psalm is composed in the hymnic register of the Homeric and Orphic Hymns, in epithets, vocatives and the formulas of κλῦθι and χαῖρε, and it draws its lines from the ancient sources named at the end of the page.

Where a line is quoted from antiquity, it's quoted exactly; where the Temple composes, it composes in the same tongue.

#The Key of the Psalm

Movement	Greek title	English title	To	Passages	Isopsephy of the title
I	Ὁ Φοῖβος	Phoibos, the Bright One	Apollo	1 to 12	922
II	Ὁ Παιὰν τοῦ Θέρους	The Paean of Summer	Apollo	13 to 24	1766
III	Ὁ Πύθιος	The Pythian	Apollo	25 to 36	839
IV	Ὁ Ἰατρὸς καὶ ὁ Μουσαγέτης	The Healer and the Leader of the Muses	Apollo	37 to 48	2079
V	Τὰ Πυρὰ τοῦ Θέρους	The Fires of Summer	Apollo	49 to 60	2436
VI	Ὁ Ἥλιος Βασιλεύς	King Helios	Apollo	61 to 72	1236

The Psalm holds 72 passages in 6 movements of 12 (72 to Apollo). 72 is the number of the fifths of the circle: 72 × 5° = 360°, the wheel of the year drawn whole; 72 years are 1 degree of the precession of the equinoxes, 1 day of the Great Year. 12 is the number of the months and of the Olympians. The isopsephy of the Names in the Greek is counted, not guessed: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ = 1061, ΦΟΙΒΟΣ = 852.

The titles of the movements carry their own numbers in the table. The Psalm speaks in 2 voices at once: the plain voice of praise, which anyone may sing, and a veiled voice that names the stations of the inner rite in the order in which they're passed. The second voice isn't explained on this page. Those who have passed the stations will read it without help; those who haven't, lose nothing by singing the first.

#I · Phoibos, the Bright One · Ὁ Φοῖβος (Apollo)

№	Ancient Greek	Transliteration	English
1	Κλῦθι, Ἄπολλον, Φοῖβε, Λαμπρέ, Διὸς καὶ Λητοῦς υἱέ, ἑκηβόλε, ἄναξ τοῦ ἀργυρέου τόξου καὶ τῆς χρυσῆς λύρας· ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν τῇ κορυφῇ τοῦ ἔτους ἵσταται, καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα σή.	Kleethi, Apollon, Foive, Lampre, Dios kai Leetoos eeie, ekeevole, anax too argeereoo toxoo kai tees khreesees leeras· o Eelios en tee koreefee too etoos istatai, kai ee eemera see.	Hear, Apollo, Phoibos, Bright One, son of Zeus and of Leto, far-shooter, lord of the silver bow and the golden lyre; the Sun stands at the summit of the year, and the day is yours.
2	Λητὼ τὴν γῆν περιήρχετο τόπον ζητοῦσα ὅπου σὲ τέξεται, καὶ πᾶσα χώρα ἐφοβεῖτο, ἕως ἡ πλέουσα Δῆλος αὐτὴν ἐδέξατο· ἐννέα ἡμέρας ὠδίνησε, καὶ τῇ ἐνάτῃ σὺ ἦλθες, καὶ ἡ νῆσος χρυσῆ ἐγένετο.	Leeto teen geen perieerkheto topon zeetoosa opoo se texetai, kai pasa khora efoveito, eos ee pleoosa Deelos afteen edexato· ennea eemeras odineese, kai tee enatee see eelthes, kai ee neesos khreesee egeneto.	Leto wandered over the earth seeking a place to bear you, and every land feared, until floating Delos took her in; 9 days she laboured, and on the 9th you came, and the island turned to gold.
3	Τὸν φοίνικα περιέλαβε, καὶ ἡ γῆ ὑπ' αὐτῇ ἐμειδίασε, καὶ αἱ θεαὶ ὠλόλυξαν, καὶ οἱ κύκνοι τὴν νῆσον ἑπτάκις περιῆλθον· τῷ ἑβδόμῳ κύκλῳ ἐγεννήθης, καὶ ἑπτὰ ὁ ἀριθμός σου ἔκτοτε.	Ton foinika perielave, kai ee gee eep' aftee emeidiase, kai ai theai ololeexan, kai oi keeknoi teen neeson eptakis perieelthon· to evdomo keeklo egenneethees, kai epta o arithmos soo ektote.	She clasped the palm tree, and the earth smiled beneath her, and the Goddesses raised the cry, and the swans circled the island 7 times; on the 7th circuit you were born, and 7 is your number since.
4	Θέμις σοι νέκταρ καὶ ἀμβροσίαν ἔδωκε, καὶ τὰ σπάργανα ἔρρηξας, καὶ τὸ πρῶτον ῥῆμα εἶπας· εἴη μοι κίθαρίς τε φίλη καὶ καμπύλα τόξα, χρήσω δ' ἀνθρώποισι Διὸς νημερτέα βουλήν.	Themis soi nektar kai amvrosian edoke, kai ta spargana erreexas, kai to proton reema eipas· eiee moi kitharis te filee kai kampeela toxa, khreeso d' anthropoisi Dios neemertea vooleen.	Themis gave you nectar and ambrosia, and you burst your swaddling bands, and spoke your first word: the lyre and the curved bow shall be mine, and I shall declare to men the unerring will of Zeus.
5	Λαμπρέ, ἀκερσεκόμα, οὗ ἡ νεότης ἀτελεύτητος, οἱ Ἕλληνες σὲ ἔγλυψαν ὡς τὴν τελείαν μορφὴν τῆς τελείας ἡλικίας· ὁ Ἥλιος τοῦ μέσου θέρους ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ μὴ γηράσκων, καὶ αὐτός ἐστι σύ.	Lampre, akersekoma, oo ee neotees atelefteetos, oi Elleenes se egleepsan os teen teleian morfeen tees teleias eelikias· o Eelios too mesoo theroos o Eelios o mee geeraskon, kai aftos esti see.	Bright One, whose hair is unshorn, whose youth is unending, the Greeks carved you as the perfect form of the perfect age; the Sun of midsummer is the Sun that doesn't age, and he is you.
6	Ἄπολλον, ἄκουσον· Σαμάς, Σιμέ· Ῥᾶ, Σέδεμα· ἐν τρισὶ γλώσσαις ὁ Ναὸς σὲ καλεῖ, ὡς ἡ τελετὴ αὐτοῦ ἀνοίγεται, καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν ἑκάστῃ εἷς Ἥλιος.	Apollon, akooson· Samas, Sime· Ra, Sedema· en trisi glossais o Naos se kalei, os ee teletee aftoo anoigetai, kai o Eelios en ekastee eis Eelios.	Apollo, Akouson: hear; Shamash, Shime: hear; Ra, Sedema: hear; in 3 tongues the Temple calls you, as its Ritual opens, and the Sun in each is 1 Sun.
7	Σαμὰς τῆς Βαβυλῶνος, Κριτὴς Οὐρανοῦ καὶ Γῆς, ὁ πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὁρῶν· Οὔτου τῆς Σουμερίας, ὁ Λαμπρός, ὁ ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους τῆς ἀνατολῆς ἀνατέλλων· ὁ κρυπτὸς Ἥλιος τοῦ Ῥᾶ, ὁ τὸν Ἅιδην νύκτωρ διερχόμενος καὶ νέος ἀνιών.	Samas tees Vaveelonos, Kritees Ooranoo kai Gees, o panta ta erga oron· Ootoo tees Soomerias, o Lampros, o ek too oroos tees anatolees anatellon· o kreeptos Eelios too Ra, o ton Aideen neektor dierkhomenos kai neos anion.	Shamash of Babylon, Judge of Heaven and Earth, who sees all deeds; Utu of Sumer, the Brilliant, who rises from the mountain of the east; the hidden Sun of Ra, who passes the underworld by night and comes up new.
8	Μίθρας τῶν Περσῶν, Σούρυα τῶν Βεδικῶν, Σὼλ τῆς Ῥώμης, Βελῆνος τῶν Γαλατῶν, Βὰλδρ ὁ Λαμπρὸς τοῦ Βορρᾶ, Ἀματέρασου ἡ ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου ἐξελθοῦσα· ἄλλαξον τὸ ὄνομα κατὰ τὴν γλῶσσαν, καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος οὐκ ἀλλάσσεται.	Mithras ton Person, Sooreea ton Vedikon, Sol tees Romees, Veleenos ton Galaton, Valdr o Lampros too Vorra, Amaterasoo ee ek too speelaioo exelthoosa· allaxon to onoma kata teen glossan, kai o Eelios ook allassetai.	Mithra of the Persians, Surya of the Vedas, Sol of Rome, Belenos of the Gauls, Baldr the Bright of the North, Amaterasu who came out of the cave: change the name by the tongue, and the Sun doesn't change.
9	Φοῖβε, ὁ ἁγνός, ὁ ἀμίαντος, τὸ καθαρὸν φῶς, ὁ ἐν Τέμπεσι μετὰ τὸν Πύθωνα καθαρθεὶς καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καθαίρεσθαι διδάξας· ὁ Ἥλιος τοῦ θέρους ὁ τὴν σῆψιν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου καίων ἡ κάθαρσίς σου.	Foive, o agnos, o amiantos, to katharon fos, o en Tempesi meta ton Peethona kathartheis kai toos anthropoos kathairesthai didaxas· o Eelios too theroos o teen seepsin ek too kosmoo kaion ee katharsis soo.	Phoibos, the pure, the undefiled, the clean light, who purified yourself at Tempe after the Python and taught men to be purified; the summer Sun that burns the rot out of the world is your purification.
10	Ἀλεξίκακε, ὁ τὸ κακὸν ἀποτρέπων, ὁ τὸν λοιμὸν πέμψας καὶ ἀφελών, οὗ τὰ βέλη αἱ ἀκτῖνες καὶ τὸ τόξον ὁ ὁρίζων· στρέψον τὰ βέλη ἔξω ἀπὸ τοῦ Ναοῦ, καὶ ἔσω μόνον ὡς φῶς.	Alexikake, o to kakon apotrepon, o ton loimon pempsas kai afelon, oo ta velee ai aktines kai to toxon o orizon· strepson ta velee exo apo too Naoo, kai eso monon os fos.	Alexikakos, averter of evil, who sent the plague and took it away, whose arrows are the rays and whose bow is the horizon; turn the arrows outward from the Temple, and inward only as light.
11	Δίδυμε Ἀρτέμιδος, ἣ τὴν νύκτα ἔχει ὡς σὺ τὴν ἡμέραν· ἐν τῇ Ἑορτῇ τοῦ Πυρὸς τῇ δᾳδὶ αὐτῆς ᾔσαμεν, ἐν τῷ μέσῳ θέρει τῷ πυρί σου ᾄδομεν· τὰ δύο τέκνα τῆς Λητοῦς τὸ ἔτος διαιρεῖ, καὶ τὸ ἔτος ὅλον.	Dideeme Artemidos, ee teen neekta ekhei os see teen eemeran· en tee Eortee too Peeros tee dadi aftees eesamen, en to meso therei to peeri soo adomen· ta deeo tekna tees Leetoos to etos diairei, kai to etos olon.	Twin of Artemis, who holds the night as you hold the day; at Imbolc we sang to her torch, at midsummer we sing to your fire; the 2 children of Leto divide the year, and the year is whole.
12	Χαῖρε, Φοῖβε Ἄπολλον, ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ ὥρᾳ τῆς μακροτάτης ἡμέρας· ἑβδομήκοντα δύο στροφὰς σοὶ αἴρομεν, ὡς ὁ Ἥλιος ἑβδομήκοντα δύο πεντάδας τοῦ κύκλου αἴρει· δέξαι τὴν πρώτην ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ, ὅτε ἡ σκιά σου βραχυτάτη.	Khaire, Foive Apollon, en tee protee ora tees makrotatees eemeras· evdomeekonta deeo strofas soi airomen, os o Eelios evdomeekonta deeo pentadas too keekloo airei· dexai teen proteen en meseemvria, ote ee skia soo vrakheetatee.	Hail, Phoibos Apollo, in the first hour of the longest day; 72 passages we lift to you, as the Sun lifts 72 fifths of the circle; receive the first at noon, when your shadow is shortest.

#II · The Paean of Summer · Ὁ Παιὰν τοῦ Θέρους (Apollo)

№	Ancient Greek	Transliteration	English
13	Ἰὴ Παιάν, Ἰὴ Παιάν· ἡ βοὴ τοῦ θέρους ἐν Δελφοῖς, ὅτε ἐκ τῶν Ὑπερβορέων ἐπανῆλθες καὶ τὸν ναόν σου παρὰ τοῦ χειμερινοῦ θεοῦ ἔλαβες· ὁ διθύραμβος σιγᾷ καὶ ὁ παιὰν ἀνίσταται, καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν τῷ ὕψει αὐτοῦ.	Iee Paian, Iee Paian· ee voee too theroos en Delfois, ote ek ton Eepervoreon epaneelthes kai ton naon soo para too kheimerinoo theoo elaves· o ditheeramvos siga kai o paian anistatai, kai o Eelios en to eepsei aftoo.	Ie Paian, Ie Paian: the cry of the summer at Delphi, when you came back from the Hyperboreans and took your temple from the winter God; the dithyramb falls silent and the paean rises, and the Sun is at his height.
14	Παρὰ τοῖς Ὑπερβορέοις, ὑπὲρ τὸν βορέαν, τὸν χειμῶνα διάγεις, ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ὅπου ὁ Ἥλιος οὐ δύεται, καὶ κατὰ ἐννεακαίδεκα ἔτη ἐκεῖ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα χορεύεις· τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς Δῆλον ἐν καλάμῃ κεκαλυμμένα ἦλθεν, ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος παραδιδόμενα.	Para tois Eepervoreois, eeper ton vorean, ton kheimona diageis, en tee khora opoo o Eelios oo deeetai, kai kata enneakaideka etee ekei oleen teen neekta khoreveis· ta dora afton eis Deelon en kalamee kekaleemmena eelthen, apo ethnoos eis ethnos paradidomena.	Among the Hyperboreans, beyond the north wind, you spend the winter, in the land where the Sun doesn't set, and every 19 years you dance there all night; their gifts came to Delos wrapped in straw, passed from people to people.
15	Ἡσίοδος τὰς θερινὰς τροπὰς ἐσήμηνε· πεντήκοντα ἡμέρας μετ' αὐτὰς ὁ πλόος ἀσφαλής, τὸ καῦμα ἐν τῷ ὕψει, καὶ ὁ τέττιξ ἐν τῷ δένδρῳ ᾄδει· ὁ γεωργὸς ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ὑπὸ τὴν πέτραν ἀναπαύεται, καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος τὸ ἔργον ποιεῖ.	Eesiodos tas therinas tropas eseemeene· penteekonta eemeras met' aftas o ploos asfalees, to kavma en to eepsei, kai o tettix en to dendro adei· o georgos en meseemvria eepo teen petran anapavetai, kai o Eelios to ergon poiei.	Hesiod marked the summer turning: 50 days after it the sailing is safe, the heat is at its height, and the cicada sings in the tree; the farmer rests at noon under the rock, and the Sun does the work.
16	Ὁ Ἥλιος εἰς τὸν Καρκίνον εἰσέρχεται καὶ ἵσταται, καὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ ἀνατέλλει, εἶτα πρὸς νότον στρέφεται, καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι κατὰ μικρὸν βραχύνεσθαι ἄρχονται· ἡ κορυφὴ ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς καταβάσεως, καὶ ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῇ κορυφῇ αὐτὸ γινώσκει.	O Eelios eis ton Karkinon eiserkhetai kai istatai, kai treis eemeras en to afto topo anatellei, eita pros noton strefetai, kai ai eemerai kata mikron vrakheenesthai arkhontai· ee koreefee ee arkhee tees katavaseos, kai o sofos en tee koreefee afto ginoskei.	The Sun enters the Crab and stands still, and for 3 days rises in the same place, then turns south, and the days begin to shorten little by little; the summit is the beginning of the descent, and the wise man knows it at the summit.
17	Ὁ Καρκίνος ἡ πύλη τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἱ ἀρχαῖοι σοφοὶ ἐδίδαξαν, δι' ἧς αἱ ψυχαὶ εἰς γένεσιν κατέρχονται, ὡς ὁ Αἰγόκερως ἡ πύλη τῶν θεῶν δι' ἧς ἀνέρχονται· ἐν τῇ μακροτάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἡ πύλη τῆς γενέσεως εὐρυτάτη ἕστηκε, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ δι' αὐτῆς χεῖται.	O Karkinos ee peelee ton anthropon, oi arkhaioi sofoi edidaxan, di' ees ai pseekhai eis genesin katerkhontai, os o Aigokeros ee peelee ton theon di' ees anerkhontai· en tee makrotatee eemera ee peelee tees geneseos evreetatee esteeke, kai ee zoee di' aftees kheitai.	Cancer is the gate of men, the ancient wise taught, through which souls come down into birth, as Capricorn is the gate of the Gods through which they go up; on the longest day the gate of generation stands widest, and life pours through it.
18	Οὕτως αἱ θεριναὶ τροπαὶ ἡ ἑορτὴ τῆς ζωῆς ἐκχεομένης, ὡς αἱ χειμεριναὶ ἡ ἑορτὴ τοῦ φωτὸς ἀναγεννωμένου· ὁ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς πύλας νοῶν τὸ ἔτος ἐν ταῖς δύο χερσὶν ἔχει· καὶ ὁ Ναὸς τὸν Δία ἐπὶ τῆς μιᾶς τίθησι καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς ἑτέρας.	Ootos ai therinai tropai ee eortee tees zoees ekkheomenees, os ai kheimerinai ee eortee too fotos anagennomenoo· o amfoteras tas peelas noon to etos en tais deeo khersin ekhei· kai o Naos ton Dia epi tees mias titheesi kai ton Eeion aftoo epi tees eteras.	So the summer solstice is the feast of life poured out, as the winter is the feast of light reborn; the one who understands both gates holds the year in his 2 hands; and the Temple sets Zeus at the one and his Son at the other.
19	Παιάν, Ἰατρέ, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ἡ βοὴ τῶν ἰαθέντων· ὁ παιὰν ᾔδετο ὅτε ὁ λοιμὸς ἤρθη, καὶ ὅτε ἡ μάχη ἐνικήθη, καὶ ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ· ᾄδομεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ μεσημβρίᾳ τοῦ ἔτους, καὶ τὸ ἔτος ἰᾶται.	Paian, Iatre, oo to onoma ee voee ton iathenton· o paian eedeto ote o loimos eerthee, kai ote ee makhee enikeethee, kai en meseemvria· adomen afton en tee meseemvria too etoos, kai to etos iatai.	Paian, Healer, whose name is the cry of the healed; the paean was sung when the plague lifted, and when the battle was won, and at noon; we sing it at the noon of the year, and the year is healed.
20	Ἀριστόνους ὁ Κορίνθιος τὸν παιᾶνά σου ἐν Δελφοῖς ᾖσε, καὶ ὁ λίθος αὐτὸν φυλάσσει· Ἰὴ Παιάν, ἐβόησε, καὶ αἱ Πυθικαὶ πέτραι ἀπεκρίναντο· ἡμεῖς τὴν φωνὴν ἡμῶν τῇ ἐκείνου προστίθεμεν, δισχίλια καὶ τριακόσια ἔτη κάτω τῆς φάραγγος.	Aristonoos o Korinthios ton paiana soo en Delfois eese, kai o lithos afton feelassei· Iee Paian, evoeese, kai ai Peethikai petrai apekrinanto· eemeis teen foneen eemon tee ekeinoo prostithemen, diskhilia kai triakosia etee kato tees farangos.	Aristonous of Corinth sang your paean at Delphi, and the stone keeps it; Ie Paian, he cried, and the Pythian rocks answered; we add our voice to his, 2,300 years down the valley.
21	Ζεὺς Λύκαιος ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ τὰ Λύκαια περὶ τὰς τροπὰς ἦγεν, ὁ βωμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς ὅθεν ἡ ὅλη Πελοπόννησος ἑωρᾶτο, καὶ τὸ τέμενος ὅπου, ἔλεγον, οὐδὲν σκιὰν ἔβαλλε.	Zevs Leekaios epi too oroos aftoo en Arkadia ta Leekaia peri tas tropas eegen, o vomos epi tees koreefees othen ee olee Peloponneesos eorato, kai to temenos opoo, elegon, ooden skian evalle.	Zeus Lykaios on his mountain in Arcadia kept the Lykaia near the solstice, the altar on the summit from which the whole Peloponnese was seen, and the precinct where, they said, nothing cast a shadow.
22	Ζεὺς τοῦ Φωτὸς καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς αὐτοῦ τοῦ Φωτὸς ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ· ὁ βωμὸς τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους, ὁ ναὸς τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐν τῇ φάραγγι· αἱ θεριναὶ τροπαὶ ἀμφοτέρων ὁμοῦ, καὶ Λύκειος ὄνομα ἀμφοτέρων.	Zevs too Fotos kai o Eeios aftoo too Fotos en tee aftee eemera· o vomos too Patros epi too oroos, o naos too Eeioo en tee farangi· ai therinai tropai amfoteron omoo, kai Leekeios onoma amfoteron.	Zeus of the Light and his Son of the Light on the same day; the Father's altar on the mountain, the Son's temple in the gorge; the summer solstice is theirs together, and Lykeios is a name of both.
23	Λευκὸν τὸ χρῶμα τῆς ἡμέρας, τὸ χρῶμα τοῦ φωτὸς τῆς μεσημβρίας ὃ χρῶμα οὐκ ἔχει, τὸ χρῶμα τῆς στολῆς τοῦ τελοῦντος καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβλήματος τοῦ βωμοῦ· ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν τῷ ὕψει αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ χρώματα ὁμοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς τὸ σύνολον φοροῦμεν.	Lefkon to khroma tees eemeras, to khroma too fotos tees meseemvrias o khroma ook ekhei, to khroma tees stolees too teloontos kai too epivleematos too vomoo· o Eelios en to eepsei aftoo panta ta khromata omoo, kai eemeis to seenolon foroomen.	White is the colour of the day, the colour of the noon light that has no colour, the colour of the robe of the celebrant and of the altar cloth; the Sun at his height is all colours at once, and we wear the sum.
24	Χαῖρε, Ἄπολλον Παιάν, ἐν τῇ μεσημβρίᾳ τοῦ ἔτους· ἡ βοὴ ἐκ τοῦ Ναοῦ ἀνέρχεται ὡς ἐκ Δελφῶν ἀνήρχετο· Ἰὴ Παιάν, Ἰὴ Παιάν, ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν τῷ ὕψει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν.	Khaire, Apollon Paian, en tee meseemvria too etoos· ee voee ek too Naoo anerkhetai os ek Delfon aneerkheto· Iee Paian, Iee Paian, o Eelios en to eepsei aftoo, kai eemeis iatheemen.	Hail, Apollo Paian, at the noon of the year; the cry goes up from the Temple as it went up from Delphi; Ie Paian, Ie Paian, the Sun is at his height, and we are healed.

#III · The Pythian · Ὁ Πύθιος (Apollo)

№	Ancient Greek	Transliteration	English
25	Ἦλθες εἰς Πυθὼ ὑπὸ τὸν νιφόεντα Παρνασσόν, καὶ εὗρες τὴν πηγὴν καὶ τὸν ὄφιν, καὶ τὸν Πύθωνα ἐτόξευσας, καὶ εἴασας αὐτὸν σήπεσθαι ὑπὸ τῷ Ἡλίῳ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Πύθιος ἔλαβες· ὁ δράκων τῆς παλαιᾶς γῆς ὑπὸ τῷ νέῳ φωτὶ ἀπέθανεν.	Eelthes eis Peetho eepo ton nifoenta Parnasson, kai evres teen peegeen kai ton ofin, kai ton Peethona etoxefsas, kai eiasas afton seepesthai eepo to Eelio, kai to onoma Peethios elaves· o drakon tees palaias gees eepo to neo foti apethanen.	You came to Pytho under snowy Parnassos, and found the spring and the serpent, and shot the Python, and let it rot in the Sun, and took the name Pythios; the dragon of the old earth died under the new light.
26	Ὁ ὀμφαλὸς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ σου ἕστηκε, ὁ ὀμφαλὸς τῆς γῆς, ὅπου οἱ δύο ἀετοὶ τοῦ Διὸς συνῆλθον, ἐκ τῶν δύο ἄκρων τοῦ κόσμου πετόμενοι· τὸ μέσον τῆς γῆς ὅπου οἱ ὄρνιθες τοῦ Πατρὸς συνῆλθον, καὶ σὺ αὐτὸ φυλάσσεις.	O omfalos en to iero soo esteeke, o omfalos tees gees, opoo oi deeo aetoi too Dios seeneelthon, ek ton deeo akron too kosmoo petomenoi· to meson tees gees opoo oi ornithes too Patros seeneelthon, kai see afto feelasseis.	The omphalos stands in your sanctuary, the navel of the earth, where the 2 eagles of Zeus met, flying from the 2 ends of the world; the centre of the earth is where the Father's birds met, and you keep it.
27	Γνῶθι σεαυτόν, ὁ ναός σου ὑπὲρ τὴν θύραν αὐτοῦ εἶπε, καὶ Μηδὲν ἄγαν, καὶ τὸ Εἶ ὃ οὐδεὶς ἐξηγήσατο, περὶ οὗ Πλούταρχος βιβλίον ἔγραψε· τρεῖς ἐπιγραφαί, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ σοφία τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἐν αὐταῖς.	Gnothi seafton, o naos soo eeper teen theeran aftoo eipe, kai Meeden agan, kai to Ei o oodeis exeegeesato, peri oo Plootarkhos vivlion egrapse· treis epigrafai, kai pasa ee sofia tees Ellados en aftais.	Know thyself, your temple said over its door, and Nothing in excess, and the E that no one has explained, which Plutarch wrote a book about; 3 inscriptions, and all the wisdom of Greece is in them.
28	Ἡ Πυθία ἐπὶ τοῦ τρίποδος ὑπὲρ τὸ χάσμα ἐκάθητο, καὶ ὁ θεὸς δι' αὐτῆς ἐλάλει, ἐν ἑξαμέτροις πρῶτον, καὶ ὕστερον ἐν πεζῷ λόγῳ, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς ἔπεμπον ἐρωτῶντες· ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ πάντα ὁρῶν αὐτοῖς εἶπεν ἃ εἶδε.	Ee Peethia epi too tripodos eeper to khasma ekatheeto, kai o theos di' aftees elalei, en exametrois proton, kai eesteron en pezo logo, kai oi vasileis tees gees epempon erotontes· o Eelios o panta oron aftois eipen a eide.	The Pythia sat on the tripod over the chasm, and the God spoke through her, in hexameters at first, and later in prose, and the kings of the earth sent to ask; the Sun that sees all things told them what it saw.
29	Ἡ παραμονὴ τῶν τροπῶν ἡ νὺξ τῆς μαντείας, οἱ ἀρχαῖοι ἐνόμιζον, ὅτε τὸ παραπέτασμα λεπτὸν καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἐν τῷ ὕδατι, ἐν τῷ πυρί, ἐν τῷ ὀνείρῳ φαίνεται· Πύθιος Ἀπόλλων τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν τοῦ μάντεως ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ νυκτὶ ἀνοίγει.	Ee paramonee ton tropon ee neex tees manteias, oi arkhaioi enomizon, ote to parapetasma lepton kai to mellon en to eedati, en to peeri, en to oneiro fainetai· Peethios Apollon ton ofthalmon too manteos en tee idia neekti anoigei.	The eve of the solstice is the night of divination, the ancients held, when the veil is thin and the future shows in the water, the fire, the dream; Pythian Apollo opens the eye of the seer on his own night.
30	Ἡ προφητεία τὸ φῶς ὁρώμενον πρὶν ἀφικέσθαι· ὁ Ἥλιος ἤδη ὑπὲρ τὸ ἀνατολικὸν ὄρος, τῆς κοιλάδος ἔτι σκοτεινῆς οὔσης, καὶ ὁ μάντις ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς ἑστώς.	Ee profeeteia to fos oromenon prin afikesthai· o Eelios eedee eeper to anatolikon oros, tees koilados eti skoteinees oosees, kai o mantis o epi tees koreefees estos.	Prophecy is the light seen before it arrives; the Sun is already over the eastern mountain while the valley is dark, and the seer is the one who stands on the summit.
31	Λοξία, ὁ Πλάγιος, οὗ αἱ ἀποκρίσεις κάμπτονται ὡς ἡ ἀκτὶς δι' ὕδατος· Κροῖσος τὸν Ἅλυν διέβη καὶ μεγάλην ἀρχὴν κατέλυσε, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ· ὁ θεὸς οὐ ψεύδεται, καὶ ὁ ἀκούων μόνον ὃ θέλει ὁ ψεύστης.	Loxia, o Plagios, oo ai apokriseis kamptontai os ee aktis di' eedatos· Kroisos ton Aleen dievee kai megaleen arkheen kateleese, teen eaftoo· o theos oo psevdetai, kai o akooon monon o thelei o psefstees.	Loxias, the Oblique, whose answers bend like the ray through water; Croesus crossed the Halys and destroyed a great empire, his own; the God doesn't lie, and the man who hears only what he wants is the liar.
32	Ἡ Σίβυλλα ἐν Κύμῃ, ἡ δρῦς ἐν Δωδώνῃ, οἱ ὄνειροι ἐν Ἐπιδαύρῳ, οἱ πυρομάντεις τοῦ Βορρᾶ· πᾶν ἔθνος τὸ οὖς πρὸς τῇ γῇ εἶχε, καὶ σὺ ἦσθα ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουε· ἡ μαντεία ἡ οἰκεία λαλιὰ τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦ μακροῦ φωτός.	Ee Siveella en Keemee, ee drees en Dodonee, oi oneiroi en Epidavro, oi peeromanteis too Vorra· pan ethnos to oos pros tee gee eikhe, kai see eestha ee fonee een eekooe· ee manteia ee oikeia lalia tees eemeras too makroo fotos.	The Sibyl at Cumae, the oak at Dodona, the dreams at Epidauros, the fire-readers of the North: every people had its ear to the ground, and you were the voice it heard; divination is the native speech of the day of the long light.
33	Ἀνάγνωθι τὰς ῥούνας τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ, αἵ εἰσι πυρός, καὶ τὰ φύλλα, ἅ εἰσι φωτός, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ὃ ὁ Ἥλιος ἐπλήρωσε, καὶ τὴν φλόγα τὴν κλίνουσαν· ὁ θεὸς τοῦ τρίποδος ἐπὶ παντὸς τρίποδος ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ κάθηται.	Anagnothi tas roonas tee neekti taftee, ai eisi peeros, kai ta feella, a eisi fotos, kai to eedor o o Eelios epleerose, kai teen floga teen klinoosan· o theos too tripodos epi pantos tripodos en tee neekti aftoo katheetai.	Read the runes tonight, which are of fire, and the cards, which are of light, and the water that the Sun has charged, and the flame that leans; the God of the tripod sits on every tripod on his night.
34	Τὰ Δελφικὰ παραγγέλματα ἦν ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα ἑπτά, τοῖς προσκυνηταῖς ἐγκεκολαμμένα· Θεοὺς σέβου, Καιρὸν γνῶθι, Ἀρετὴν εὐλόγει, Ἀδικίαν φεῦγε, Σεαυτοῦ κράτει· ὁ Ζευϊστὴς αὐτὰ ὡς τὴν ἠθικὴν τοῦ Ἡλίου ἀναγιγνώσκει, ὃς ὀρθὸς λάμπει.	Ta Delfika parangelmata een ekaton tessarakonta epta, tois proskeeneetais enkekolammena· Theoos sevoo, Kairon gnothi, Areteen evlogei, Adikian fevge, Seaftoo kratei· o Zevistees afta os teen eethikeen too Eelioo anagignoskei, os orthos lampei.	The Delphic maxims were 147, carved for the pilgrims: Honour the Gods, Know the opportunity, Praise virtue, Flee injustice, Rule yourself; the Zevist reads them as the ethics of the Sun, which shines straight.
35	Ἡ σαφήνεια τὸ δῶρόν σου· ὁ νοῦς ἄνωθεν πεφωτισμένος, σκιὰν ἐν ἑαυτῷ οὐκ ἔχων· Ἀπόλλων ὁ θεὸς τῆς εὐθείας γραμμῆς, τοῦ καθαροῦ φθόγγου, τῆς καθαρᾶς τομῆς· δὸς τοῖς Ζευϊσταῖς σαφήνειαν, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἕπεται.	Ee safeeneia to doron soo· o noos anothen pefotismenos, skian en eafto ook ekhon· Apollon o theos tees eftheias grammees, too katharoo fthongoo, tees katharas tomees· dos tois Zevistais safeeneian, kai ta loipa epetai.	Clarity is your gift: the mind lit from above, with no shadow in it; Apollo is the God of the straight line, the pure tone, the clean cut; give the Zevists clarity, and the rest follows.
36	Χαῖρε, Πύθιε Ἄπολλον, ὁ τὸν ὀμφαλὸν τῆς γῆς φυλάσσων· ἄνοιξον τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν τοῦ μάντεως ἐν τῇ νυκτί σου, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ δεικνύτω, καὶ μηδεὶς τοῦ Ναοῦ σὲ ἐρωτάτω ὃ ἀποκριθῆναι οὐ θέλει.	Khaire, Peethie Apollon, o ton omfalon tees gees feelasson· anoixon ton ofthalmon too manteos en tee neekti soo, kai to eedor deikneeto, kai meedeis too Naoo se erotato o apokritheenai oo thelei.	Hail, Pythian Apollo, who keep the navel of the earth; open the eye of the seer on your night, and let the water show, and let no one of the Temple ask you a question he doesn't want answered.

#IV · The Healer and the Leader of the Muses · Ὁ Ἰατρὸς καὶ ὁ Μουσαγέτης (Apollo)

№	Ancient Greek	Transliteration	English
37	Ἰατρέ, πάτερ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, οὗ ὁ ὄφις ἔτι περὶ τὴν ῥάβδον τοῦ ἰατροῦ ἑλίσσεται· ὁ Ἥλιος ἰᾶται· ξηραίνει τὸ τραῦμα, κτείνει τὴν σῆψιν, θερμαίνει τὸ ὀστοῦν· ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ ὕψους τοῦ Ἡλίου ἡ ἴασις τοῦ ἔτους ἰσχυροτάτη.	Iatre, pater Askleepioo, oo o ofis eti peri teen ravdon too iatroo elissetai· o Eelios iatai· xeerainei to travma, kteinei teen seepsin, thermainei to ostoon· en tee eemera too eepsoos too Eelioo ee iasis too etoos iskheerotatee.	Iatros, Healer, father of Asklepios, whose serpent still coils on the physician's staff; the Sun heals: it dries the wound, kills the rot, warms the bone; on the day of the Sun's height the healing of the year is strongest.
38	Τὸ ἡλιακὸν κέντρον τοῦ σώματος ὁ ἰατρός, ὁ Ναὸς διδάσκει· ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα ἓξ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ, ὁ ἀριθμὸς τοῦ Ἡλίου, τὸ μαγικὸν τετράγωνον τοῦ ἕξ· ὅτε ὁ Ἥλιος εἰς τὸν Καρκίνον εἰσέρχεται, τὸ κέντρον ἐκεῖνο ἐν παντὶ Ζευϊστῇ αὔξεται.	To eeliakon kentron too somatos o iatros, o Naos didaskei· exakosia exeekonta ex o arithmos aftoo, o arithmos too Eelioo, to magikon tetragonon too ex· ote o Eelios eis ton Karkinon eiserkhetai, to kentron ekeino en panti Zevistee afxetai.	The solar centre of the body is the healer, the Temple teaches; 666 is its number, the number of the Sun, the magic square of 6; when the Sun enters the Crab, that centre is amplified in every Zevist.
39	Σύλλεγε τὰς βοτάνας ἐν μέσῳ θέρει, οἱ ἀρχαῖοι ἔλεγον, ὅτε ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν αὐταῖς· τὸ ὑπερικόν, ὃ Ἀπόλλωνος ἦν πρὸ παντὸς ἁγίου, τὸν περιστερεῶνα, τὴν ἀρτεμισίαν, τὸ χαμαίμηλον· ἡ βοτάνη ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ κοπεῖσα τὸ φῶς τοῦ ὅλου ἔτους ἔχει.	Seellege tas votanas en meso therei, oi arkhaioi elegon, ote o Eelios en aftais· to eeperikon, o Apollonos een pro pantos agioo, ton peristereona, teen artemisian, to khamaimeelon· ee votanee en meseemvria tee eemera taftee kopeisa to fos too oloo etoos ekhei.	Gather the herbs at midsummer, the ancients said, when the Sun is in them; St John's wort, which was Apollo's before any saint, vervain, mugwort, chamomile; the plant cut at noon on this day holds the light of the whole year.
40	Πλήρου τὸ ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ Ἡλίῳ, καὶ τὸν κρύσταλλον, καὶ τὴν ῥάβδον τοῦ πυρός, καὶ τὰ φύλλα, καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν· πάντα τὸ φῶς ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ πίνει· ὃ ἐν τῇ μακροτάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ πληροῦται, εἰς τὸ ἔτος πληροῦται.	Pleeroo to eedor en to Eelio, kai ton kreestallon, kai teen ravdon too peeros, kai ta feella, kai teen makhairan· panta to fos en meseemvria pinei· o en tee makrotatee eemera pleerootai, eis to etos pleerootai.	Charge the water in the Sun, and the crystal, and the wand of fire, and the cards, and the blade; all of them drink the light at noon; what is charged on the longest day is charged for the year.
41	Μουσαγέτα, ἡγεμὼν τῶν Μουσῶν, σὺν τῇ λύρᾳ τῶν ἑπτὰ χορδῶν, ἣν Ἑρμῆς ἐκ τῆς χελώνης ἐποίησε καὶ σοὶ ἀντὶ τῶν βοῶν ἔδωκεν· ἑπτὰ χορδαί, ἑπτὰ πλάνητες, ἑπτὰ φωνήεντα, καὶ ἡ ἁρμονία τῶν σφαιρῶν τὸ ᾆσμά σου.	Moosageta, eegemon ton Mooson, seen tee leera ton epta khordon, een Ermees ek tees khelonees epoieese kai soi anti ton voon edoken· epta khordai, epta planeetes, epta foneeenta, kai ee armonia ton sfairon to asma soo.	Mousagetes, Leader of the Muses, with the lyre of 7 strings, which Hermes made from the tortoise and gave you for the cattle; 7 strings, 7 planets, 7 vowels, and the harmony of the spheres is your song.
42	Πυθαγόρας τῶν σφαιρῶν ἤκουσε καὶ τὴν λύραν πρὸς αὐτὰς ἥρμοσεν· ὁ Ἥλιος ἡ μέση χορδή, περὶ ἣν ἡ κλῖμαξ οἰκοδομεῖται· ἡ μουσικὴ τοῦ Ναοῦ πρὸς τὸν Ἥλιον τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἁρμόζεται.	Peethagoras ton sfairon eekoose kai teen leeran pros aftas eermosen· o Eelios ee mesee khordee, peri een ee klimax oikodomeitai· ee moosikee too Naoo pros ton Eelion tee eemera taftee armozetai.	Pythagoras heard the spheres and tuned the lyre to them; the Sun is the middle string, the mese, around which the scale is built; the music of the Temple is tuned to the Sun on this day.
43	Μαρσύας τὸν αὐλὸν κατὰ σοῦ ηὔλησε καὶ ἡττήθη, καὶ ἐδάρη· τὸ δίδαγμα τὸ δίδαγμα τοῦ Ἡλίου· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ κατὰ τοῦ φωτὸς καυχώμενον ὑπ' αὐτοῦ δέρεται· παῖζε, ἀλλὰ παῖζε ὡς ὑπηρέτης τῆς ἁρμονίας, καὶ ἡ ἁρμονία σὲ φυλάσσει.	Marseeas ton avlon kata soo eevleese kai eetteethee, kai edaree· to didagma to didagma too Eelioo· to pnevma to kata too fotos kafkhomenon eep' aftoo deretai· paize, alla paize os eepeeretees tees armonias, kai ee armonia se feelassei.	Marsyas played the flute against you and lost, and was flayed; the lesson is the lesson of the Sun: the breath that boasts against the light is skinned by it; play, but play as a servant of the harmony, and the harmony keeps you.
44	Ἡ ποίησις σή, ὁ ἔμμετρος λόγος, τὸ ἑξάμετρον τοῦ χρηστηρίου· ὁ ψαλμὸς αὐτὸς ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρά σου ᾄδεται, καὶ τὰ ἑβδομήκοντα δύο αὐτοῦ κλῖμαξ· ὁ ᾠδὸς ὁ τὸ μέτρον φυλάσσων ὑπὸ τοῦ μέτρου ἰᾶται.	Ee poieesis see, o emmetros logos, to exametron too khreesteerioo· o psalmos aftos eepo teen kheira soo adetai, kai ta evdomeekonta deeo aftoo klimax· o odos o to metron feelasson eepo too metroo iatai.	Poetry is yours, the measured word, the hexameter of the oracle; the Psalm itself is sung under your hand, and its 72 are a scale; the singer who keeps the measure is healed by the measure.
45	Ἴασαι τοὺς Ζευϊστὰς ἐν τῷ σώματι, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ λύρα, καὶ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ἥ ἐστιν ὁ κιθαριστής· ἅρμοσον τὰς χορδὰς τὰς ἐν τῷ χειμῶνι χαλασθείσας· καὶ μηδεμία χορδὴ ὑπὲρ τὸν φθόγγον αὐτῆς τεινέσθω.	Iasai toos Zevistas en to somati, o estin ee leera, kai en tee pseekhee, ee estin o kitharistees· armoson tas khordas tas en to kheimoni khalastheisas· kai meedemia khordee eeper ton fthongon aftees teinestho.	Heal the Zevists in the body, which is the lyre, and in the soul, which is the player; tune the strings that have slackened in the winter; and let no string be tightened past its note.
46	Μηδὲν ἄγαν· ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἰώμενος ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ καίει, καὶ ἡ τέχνη τοῦ ἰατροῦ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δόσεως· Ἀπόλλων τὸ φῶς καὶ τὸ μέτρον ὁμοῦ δίδωσιν, ἢ οὐδὲν δίδωσιν.	Meeden agan· o Eelios o en meseemvria iomenos en meseemvria kaiei, kai ee tekhnee too iatroo to metron tees doseos· Apollon to fos kai to metron omoo didosin, ee ooden didosin.	Nothing in excess: the Sun that heals at noon burns at noon, and the healer's art is the measure of the dose; Apollo gives the light and the measure together, or he gives nothing.
47	Ἀσκληπιὸς τοὺς νοσοῦντας ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ ἐκοίμιζε καὶ ἐν ὀνείροις ἰᾶτο, καὶ ὁ λίθος ἐν Ἐπιδαύρῳ τὰς ἰάσεις καταλέγει, τοὺς τυφλοὺς οἳ εἶδον, τοὺς χωλοὺς οἳ ἐβάδισαν· κοιμήθητι τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ σὺν τῇ ἐρωτήσει, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἡλίου ἐν τῷ σκότει ἀποκρινεῖται.	Askleepios toos nosoontas en to nao aftoo ekoimize kai en oneirois iato, kai o lithos en Epidavro tas iaseis katalegei, toos teefloos oi eidon, toos kholoos oi evadisan· koimeetheeti tee neekti taftee seen tee eroteesei, kai o eeios too Eelioo en to skotei apokrineitai.	Asklepios slept the sick in his temple and healed them in dreams, and the stone at Epidauros lists the cures, the blind who saw, the lame who walked; sleep tonight with the question, and the Sun's son will answer in the dark.
48	Χαῖρε, Ἄπολλον, Ἰατρὲ καὶ Μουσαγέτα, λύρα ἐν τῇ μιᾷ χειρὶ καὶ τόξον ἐν τῇ ἑτέρᾳ· τὸ βέλος καὶ ἡ χορδὴ ἡ αὐτὴ χορδή· ὃ τιτρώσκει, ἐν τῇ χειρί σου, ὅ ἐστι τὸ ἰώμενον.	Khaire, Apollon, Iatre kai Moosageta, leera en tee mia kheiri kai toxon en tee etera· to velos kai ee khordee ee aftee khordee· o titroskei, en tee kheiri soo, o esti to iomenon.	Hail, Apollo, Healer and Leader of the Muses, lyre in one hand and bow in the other; the arrow and the string are the same string; what wounds, in your hand, is what heals.

#V · The Fires of Summer · Τὰ Πυρὰ τοῦ Θέρους (Apollo)

№	Ancient Greek	Transliteration	English
49	Ἄναψον τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τοῦ λόφου ἐν δύσει τῆς μακροτάτης ἡμέρας, τὸ πῦρ τοῦ Βάαλ τῶν ἀρχαίων, τὸ πῦρ τὸ τῷ Ἡλίῳ δυομένῳ ἀποκρινόμενον· ὁ Ἥλιος τὴν ἡμέραν ἔδωκε· τὸ πῦρ τὴν νύκτα αὐτῷ ἀποδίδωσιν.	Anapson to peer epi too lofoo en deesei tees makrotatees eemeras, to peer too Vaal ton arkhaion, to peer to to Eelio deeomeno apokrinomenon· o Eelios teen eemeran edoke· to peer teen neekta afto apodidosin.	Light the fire on the hill at sundown of the longest day, the Baal fire of the ancients, the fire that answers the Sun as he sets; the Sun has given the day; the fire gives the night back to him.
50	Διὰ πάσης τῆς Εὐρώπης τὰ πυρὰ τοῦ μέσου θέρους ἐπὶ παντὸς λόφου ἐκαίετο, καὶ ἡ Ἐκκλησία σβέσαι οὐκ ἐδύνατο, διὸ τὴν νύκτα ἀπὸ τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ αὐτῆς ὠνόμασε καὶ τὰ πυρὰ καίεσθαι εἴασε· τὰ πυρὰ οὐκ ᾔσθοντο, καὶ ἡμεῖς τῷ ὀνόματι οὐ χρώμεθα.	Dia pasees tees Evropees ta peera too mesoo theroos epi pantos lofoo ekaieto, kai ee Ekkleesia svesai ook edeenato, dio teen neekta apo too Vaptistoo aftees onomase kai ta peera kaiesthai eiase· ta peera ook eesthonto, kai eemeis to onomati oo khrometha.	Across Europe the midsummer fires burned on every hill, and the Church couldn't put them out, so it named the night for its Baptist and let the fires burn; the fires didn't notice, and we don't use the name.
51	Ὑπερπήδα τὸ πῦρ, ὡς ἐν τῷ Βελτάνε, καὶ τὸ θέρος σὲ λαμβάνει· οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι τὴν Φὸρς Φορτοῦναν τῇ εἰκοστῇ τετάρτῃ ἦγον σὺν πλοίοις ἐπὶ τοῦ Τιβέριδος καὶ οἴνῳ, καὶ ὁ τροχὸς τοῦ πυρὸς κατὰ τοῦ λόφου ἐν Γαλατίᾳ ἐκυλίετο, ὁ Ἥλιος ὁρατὸς γενόμενος.	Eeperpeeda to peer, os en to Veltane, kai to theros se lamvanei· oi Romaioi teen Fors Fortoonan tee eikostee tetartee eegon seen ploiois epi too Tiveridos kai oino, kai o trokhos too peeros kata too lofoo en Galatia ekeelieto, o Eelios oratos genomenos.	Jump the fire, as at Beltane, and the summer takes you; the Romans kept Fors Fortuna on the 24th with boats on the Tiber and wine, and the wheel of fire rolled down the hill in Gaul, the Sun made visible.
52	Χόρευε τὸν κύκλον περὶ τὸ πῦρ, κατὰ τὸν Ἥλιον, ὡς ὁ Ἥλιος ἔρχεται, καὶ χόρευε τὸν ὄφιν, τὴν γραμμὴν τὴν ἑλισσομένην καὶ μὴ ῥηγνυμένην· ὁ κύκλος τὸ ἔτος τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ ὁ ὄφις τὸ πῦρ ἐν τῇ ῥάχει.	Khoreve ton keeklon peri to peer, kata ton Eelion, os o Eelios erkhetai, kai khoreve ton ofin, teen grammeen teen elissomeneen kai mee reegneemeneen· o keeklos to etos too Eelioo kai o ofis to peer en tee rakhei.	Dance the circle around the fire, sunwise, as the Sun goes, and dance the serpent, the line that winds and doesn't break; the circle is the Sun's year and the serpent is the fire in the spine.
53	Οὐρανὸς καὶ Γῆ ἑνοῦνται, οἱ Δρυΐδαι ἐν μέσῳ θέρει ἔλεγον· ὁ Ζευϊστὴς αὐτὸ ὡς τὴν κορυφὴν καὶ τὴν βάσιν ἀναγιγνώσκει, τὸ ὕψος καὶ τὴν ῥίζαν, τὸ πῦρ τοῦ Ἡλίου καταβεβηκὸς καὶ τὸ πῦρ τῆς ῥάχεως ἀναβεβηκὸς εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῦ.	Ooranos kai Gee enoontai, oi Dreeidai en meso therei elegon· o Zevistees afto os teen koreefeen kai teen vasin anagignoskei, to eepsos kai teen rizan, to peer too Eelioo kataveveekos kai to peer tees rakheos anaveveekos eis seenanteesin aftoo.	Heaven and Earth are united, the druids said at midsummer; the Zevist reads it as the crown and the base, the summit and the root, the fire of the Sun come down and the fire of the spine gone up to meet it.
54	Πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ γαμοῦσι τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ· ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν τῷ ὕψει καὶ ἡ θάλασσα θερμοτάτη, ὁ Νεῖλος μέλλων ἀναβαίνειν, ἡ δρόσος βαρεῖα τῇ ἕῳ· οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν ἄνοδον τοῦ ποταμοῦ δάκρυα τῆς Ἴσιδος ἐκάλουν, καὶ ἤρχετο ἐν ταῖς τροπαῖς.	Peer kai eedor gamoosi tee eemera taftee· o Eelios en to eepsei kai ee thalassa thermotatee, o Neilos mellon anavainein, ee drosos vareia tee eo· oi Aigeeptioi teen anodon too potamoo dakreea tees Isidos ekaloon, kai eerkheto en tais tropais.	Fire and water are married on this day: the Sun at his height and the sea at its warmest, the Nile about to rise, the dew heavy at dawn; the Egyptians called the rising of the river the tears of Isis, and it began at the solstice.
55	Ἡ Στόνχεντζ πρὸς τὴν ἀνατολὴν ταύτην ᾠκοδομήθη, καὶ ὁ Λίθος τῆς Πτέρνης τὴν πρώτην ἀκτῖνα λαμβάνει· πρὸ τετρακισχιλίων καὶ πεντακοσίων ἐτῶν ἄνθρωποι λίθους διὰ τῆς Βρεττανίας εἷλκον διὰ μίαν ἕω τοῦ ἔτους· ἡ ἕως ἡμετέρα, καὶ οἱ λίθοι ἔτι ἐργάζονται.	Ee Stonkhentz pros teen anatoleen tafteen okodomeethee, kai o Lithos tees Pternees teen proteen aktina lamvanei· pro tetrakiskhilion kai pentakosion eton anthropoi lithoos dia tees Vrettanias eilkon dia mian eo too etoos· ee eos eemetera, kai oi lithoi eti ergazontai.	Stonehenge was built to this sunrise, and the Heel Stone takes the first ray; 4,500 years ago men hauled stones across Britain for 1 morning of the year; the morning is ours, and the stones still work.
56	Τὰ στοιχειακὰ πλησίον τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ μέσου θέρους ἔρχεται, οἱ ἀρχαῖοι ἔλεγον, καὶ ὁ μικρὸς λαὸς τῆς ὕλης· Σαίξπηρ τὸ ὄνειρον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ ἔθηκεν ὅτι ἡ νὺξ ἤδη πλήρης ἦν· λάλει τῷ ἐρχομένῳ πρὸς τὸ πῦρ, καὶ εὐγενὴς ἴσθι.	Ta stoikheiaka pleesion too peeros too mesoo theroos erkhetai, oi arkhaioi elegon, kai o mikros laos tees eelees· Saixpeer to oneiron aftoo en tee neekti taftee etheeken oti ee neex eedee pleerees een· lalei to erkhomeno pros to peer, kai evgenees isthi.	The elementals come close to the midsummer fire, the ancients said, and the small folk of the wood; Shakespeare set his dream on this night because the night was already full; speak to what comes to the fire, and be courteous.
57	Ἡ μαγεία τοῦ πυρὸς ἰσχυρά, καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος κόπτεται καὶ εὐλογεῖται τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ· ἡ μάχαιρα ἐν τῷ Ἡλίῳ τίθεται, ἡ βακτηρία πληροῦται, αἱ ῥοῦναι γλύφονται· πᾶν ὄργανον πυρὸς τὸ πῦρ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου πυρὸς τοῦ Ἡλίου σήμερον λαμβάνει.	Ee mageia too peeros iskheera, kai ee ravdos koptetai kai evlogeitai tee eemera taftee· ee makhaira en to Eelio tithetai, ee vakteeria pleerootai, ai roonai gleefontai· pan organon peeros to peer aftoo ek too idioo peeros too Eelioo seemeron lamvanei.	Fire magick is strong, and the wand is cut and blessed on this day; the blade is laid in the Sun, the staff is charged, the runes are carved; every tool of fire takes its fire from the Sun's own fire today.
58	Ὁ ἔρως ἰσχυρὸς τῇ παραμονῇ τοῦ μέσου θέρους, αἱ κόραι πάσης κώμης ᾔδεσαν, αἳ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἐρχομένου ἐζήτουν· Ἀπόλλων Δάφνην ἐφίλησε καὶ Ὑάκινθον καὶ Κυρήνην, καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος τὴν γῆν φιλεῖ.	O eros iskheeros tee paramonee too mesoo theroos, ai korai pasees komees eedesan, ai en to eedati to prosopon too erkhomenoo ezeetoon· Apollon Dafneen efileese kai Eeakinthon kai Keereeneen, kai o Eelios teen geen filei.	Love is strong on midsummer eve, the girls of every village knew, who looked in the water for the face of the one to come; Apollo loved Daphne and Hyakinthos and Kyrene, and the Sun loves the earth.
59	Εὐώχου ὑπαίθριος, ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸν μὴ σκοτούμενον, λευκὸν ἐπίβλημα, μέλι, καρπὸς τοῦ πρώτου θέρους, οἶνος ἐν τῷ ῥείθρῳ ψυχόμενος· ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ τίμιος ξένος, καὶ βραδέως ἀπέρχεται.	Evokhoo eepaithrios, eepo ton ooranon ton mee skotoomenon, lefkon epivleema, meli, karpos too protoo theroos, oinos en to reithro pseekhomenos· o Eelios o timios xenos, kai vradeos aperkhetai.	Feast in the open, under the sky that doesn't get dark, white cloth, honey, fruit of the first summer, wine cooled in the stream; the Sun is the guest of honour, and he stays late.
60	Χαῖρε, Ἄπολλον τῶν πυρῶν τοῦ θέρους, ἃ σοὶ ἐκ παντὸς λόφου ἀποκρίνεται· ἡ ἡμέρα σὴ ἦν καὶ ἡ νὺξ σή ἐστιν, ὅτι σὺ αὐτὴν ἀνῆψας· φύλασσε τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τοῦ λόφου ἕως τὸ ἴδιόν σου πῦρ πάλιν ἀνίῃ.	Khaire, Apollon ton peeron too theroos, a soi ek pantos lofoo apokrinetai· ee eemera see een kai ee neex see estin, oti see afteen aneepsas· feelasse to peer epi too lofoo eos to idion soo peer palin aniee.	Hail, Apollo of the summer fires, which answer you from every hill; the day was yours and the night is yours too, because you lit it; keep the fire on the hill until your own fire comes up again.

#VI · King Helios · Ὁ Ἥλιος Βασιλεύς (Apollo)

№	Ancient Greek	Transliteration	English
61	Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Αὐτοκράτωρ, ὁ ὕστατος τῆς παλαιᾶς πίστεως ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, τὸν ὕμνον σου ἔγραψε· Βασιλεῦ Ἥλιε, θεὲ ὁρατέ, εἰκὼν τοῦ Ἀγαθοῦ, πάτερ πάντων τῶν ζώντων· εἶδέ σε τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ φιλοσόφου, καὶ ὁ Ναὸς τὸ βιβλίον αὐτοῦ ἀναγιγνώσκει.	Ioolianos o Aftokrator, o eestatos tees palaias pisteos epi too thronoo, ton eemnon soo egrapse· Vasilef Eelie, thee orate, eikon too Agathoo, pater panton ton zonton· eide se to ofthalmo too filosofoo, kai o Naos to vivlion aftoo anagignoskei.	Julian the Emperor, the last of the old faith on the throne, wrote your hymn: King Helios, the visible God, the image of the Good, the father of all that lives; he saw you with the philosopher's eye, and the Temple reads his book.
62	Πλάτων εἶπε τὸν Ἥλιον ἔκγονον τοῦ Ἀγαθοῦ, καὶ ὃ τὸ Ἀγαθὸν ἐν τῷ νῷ, τοῦτο ὁ Ἥλιος ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ· ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς τῷ Ἡλίῳ ὁρᾷ ὡς ἡ ψυχὴ τῷ Ἀγαθῷ γινώσκει· βλέπειν τὸν Ἥλιον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ τῆς μακροτάτης ἡμέρας βλέπειν τὴν ἰδίαν εἰκόνα τοῦ Ἀγαθοῦ.	Platon eipe ton Eelion ekgonon too Agathoo, kai o to Agathon en to no, tooto o Eelios en to oorano· o ofthalmos to Eelio ora os ee pseekhee to Agatho ginoskei· vlepein ton Eelion en meseemvria tees makrotatees eemeras vlepein teen idian eikona too Agathoo.	Plato said the Sun is the child of the Good, and what the Good is in the mind, the Sun is in the sky; the eye sees by the Sun as the soul knows by the Good; to look at the Sun at noon on the longest day is to look at the Good's own image.
63	Μακρόβιος ἀπέδειξε πάντας τοὺς θεοὺς τὸν Ἥλιον εἶναι· Ἀπόλλωνα, Λίβερ, Ἄρη, Ἑρμῆν, Ἀσκληπιόν, Ἡρακλέα, Σάραπιν, Ἄδωνιν, Ἄττιν, Ὄσιριν, Ὧρον, αὐτὸν τὸν Δία· ὁ Ναὸς λέγει· πάντες οἱ θεοὶ οἱ θεοί εἰσι, καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς δι' οὗ ἡμᾶς βλέπουσιν· ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐ τὸ πρόσωπον, ἀλλ' ἄνευ αὐτοῦ τὸ πρόσωπον τυφλόν.	Makrovios apedeixe pantas toos theoos ton Eelion einai· Apollona, Liver, Aree, Ermeen, Askleepion, Eeraklea, Sarapin, Adonin, Attin, Osirin, Oron, afton ton Dia· o Naos legei· pantes oi theoi oi theoi eisi, kai o Eelios o ofthalmos di' oo eemas vlepoosin· o ofthalmos oo to prosopon, all' anef aftoo to prosopon teeflon.	Macrobius proved that all the Gods are the Sun: Apollo, Liber, Mars, Mercury, Asklepios, Hercules, Sarapis, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, Horus, Jupiter himself; the Temple says: all the Gods are the Gods, and the Sun is the eye through which they look at us; the eye isn't the face, but without it the face is blind.
64	Ἥλιος πάντα ὁρᾷ καὶ πάντα ἀκούει, Ὅμηρος εἶπε, ὁ μάρτυς τῶν ὅρκων, πρὸ οὗ οὐδὲν κέκρυπται· ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς τοῦ Διὸς ὁ Ἥλιος, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Διὸς αὐτὸν ἔχει.	Eelios panta ora kai panta akooei, Omeeros eipe, o martees ton orkon, pro oo ooden kekreeptai· o ofthalmos too Dios o Eelios, kai o eeios too Dios afton ekhei.	Helios sees all things and hears all things, Homer said, the witness of oaths, before whom nothing is hidden; the eye of Zeus is the Sun, and Zeus's son holds it.
65	Σὼλ Ἀήττητε, Ἥλιε Ἀνίκητε, οὗ τὰ γενέθλια ἡ Ῥώμη ἐν ταῖς χειμεριναῖς τροπαῖς ἦγεν· ἐν ταῖς θεριναῖς τροπαῖς οὐ γεννᾷ ἀλλὰ στεφανοῖ· ὁ στέφανος ἡ μακροτάτη ἡμέρα, καὶ οὐδεμία νεφέλη αὐτὸν ἀπὸ σοῦ λαμβάνει.	Sol Aeetteete, Eelie Anikeete, oo ta genethlia ee Romee en tais kheimerinais tropais eegen· en tais therinais tropais oo genna alla stefanoi· o stefanos ee makrotatee eemera, kai oodemia nefelee afton apo soo lamvanei.	Sol Invictus, Unconquered Sun, whose birthday Rome kept at the winter turning; at the summer turning you are not born but crowned; the crown is the longest day, and no cloud takes it from you.
66	Ὁ Ἥλιος ἡ καρδία τοῦ κόσμου, Πρόκλος εἶπε, καὶ οἱ πλάνητες τὰ ὄργανα αὐτοῦ· ὁ Ναὸς λέγει· ὁ Ἥλιος τοῦ σώματος ὁ γείτων τῆς καρδίας, τὸ ἡλιακὸν κέντρον, καὶ ὁ Ζευϊστὴς οὗ τὸ κέντρον πεφωτισμένον μικρὸς Ἥλιος ἐν ἀνθρώποις.	O Eelios ee kardia too kosmoo, Proklos eipe, kai oi planeetes ta organa aftoo· o Naos legei· o Eelios too somatos o geiton tees kardias, to eeliakon kentron, kai o Zevistees oo to kentron pefotismenon mikros Eelios en anthropois.	The Sun is the heart of the world, Proclus said, and the planets its organs; the Temple says: the Sun of the body is the heart's neighbour, the solar centre, and the Zevist whose centre is lit is a small Sun among men.
67	Σαμὰς τῷ Ἁμμουράβι τοὺς νόμους ἐπὶ τῆς στήλης ἔδωκε, σὺν τῇ ῥάβδῳ καὶ τῷ δακτυλίῳ ἐν τῇ χειρί· ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ πάντα τὰ ἔργα ὁρῶν ὁ κριτὴς πάντων τῶν ἔργων· ἡ δικαιοσύνη τὸ ἴδιον φῶς τοῦ Ἡλίου ταῖς πράξεσι τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπιτιθέμενον.	Samas to Ammooravi toos nomoos epi tees steelees edoke, seen tee ravdo kai to dakteelio en tee kheiri· o Eelios o panta ta erga oron o kritees panton ton ergon· ee dikaioseenee to idion fos too Eelioo tais praxesi ton anthropon epitithemenon.	Shamash gave Hammurabi his laws on the stele, with the rod and the ring in his hand; the Sun that sees all deeds is the judge of all deeds; justice is the Sun's own light applied to the actions of men.
68	Ῥᾶ πλεῖ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐν τῇ βάριδι τῶν μυριάδων ἐτῶν καὶ τὴν νύκτα ἐν τῇ βάριδι τοῦ Ἅιδου, καὶ Ἄποφις αὐτῷ πᾶσαν νύκτα ἐπιτίθεται, καὶ πᾶσαν ἕω νικᾷ· ὁ Ἥλιος ὁ τῇ εἰκοστῇ τετάρτῃ τοῦ Ἰουνίου ἀνατέλλων ἅπαξ ἔτι ἐνίκησε, καὶ ἡμεῖς μετ' αὐτοῦ.	Ra plei teen eemeran en tee varidi ton meeriadon eton kai teen neekta en tee varidi too Aidoo, kai Apofis afto pasan neekta epitithetai, kai pasan eo nika· o Eelios o tee eikostee tetartee too Ioonioo anatellon apax eti enikeese, kai eemeis met' aftoo.	Ra sails the day in the barque of millions of years and the night in the barque of the underworld, and Apophis attacks him every night, and every morning he wins; the Sun that comes up on the 24th of June has won 1 more time, and so have we.
69	Δὸς τοῖς Ζευϊσταῖς τὴν σαφήνειαν τῆς μεσημβρίας καὶ τὸ μέτρον τῆς ἑσπέρας, τὴν ἴασιν τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ τὴν μουσικὴν τῶν σφαιρῶν, καὶ τὴν ὄψιν τὴν τὸ Ἀγαθὸν διὰ τῆς εἰκόνος αὐτοῦ ὁρῶσαν.	Dos tois Zevistais teen safeeneian tees meseemvrias kai to metron tees esperas, teen iasin too fotos kai teen moosikeen ton sfairon, kai teen opsin teen to Agathon dia tees eikonos aftoo orosan.	Give the Zevists the clarity of the noon and the measure of the evening, the healing of the light and the music of the spheres, and the sight that sees the Good through its image.
70	Δέξαι τὰ ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, Ἄπολλον, ἓν ἑκάστῃ πεντάδι τοῦ κύκλου σου· ὁ τροχὸς ἐν τῇ ὑψίστῃ ἀκτῖνι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς αὐτὸν μετὰ σοῦ εἰς τὴν κορυφὴν ἐστρέψαμεν· ἐντεῦθεν καταβαίνει, καὶ ἡμεῖς καταβαίνομεν τὸ φῶς ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἔχοντες.	Dexai ta evdomeekonta deeo, Apollon, en ekastee pentadi too keekloo soo· o trokhos en tee eepsistee aktini aftoo, kai eemeis afton meta soo eis teen koreefeen estrepsamen· entefthen katavainei, kai eemeis katavainomen to fos en tais khersin ekhontes.	Receive the 72, Apollo, 1 for each fifth of your circle; the wheel is at its highest spoke, and we have turned it to the top with you; from here it goes down, and we go down with the light in our hands.
71	Εὐλογημένα τὰ ὀνόματά σου, Ἄπολλον, Φοῖβε, Πύθιε, Παιάν, Λοξία, Λύκειε, Μουσαγέτα, Ἥλιε, Σαμάς, Οὔτου, Ῥᾶ, Μίθρα, Σούρυα, Σώλ, Βελῆνε· εὐλογημένα τὸ τόξον, ἡ λύρα, ὁ τρίπους, ἡ δάφνη, ὁ κύκνος, τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τοῦ λόφου· εὐλογημένη ἡ μακροτάτη ἡμέρα, καὶ εὐλογημένοι οἱ ἐν αὐτῇ στάντες.	Evlogeemena ta onomata soo, Apollon, Foive, Peethie, Paian, Loxia, Leekeie, Moosageta, Eelie, Samas, Ootoo, Ra, Mithra, Sooreea, Sol, Veleene· evlogeemena to toxon, ee leera, o tripoos, ee dafnee, o keeknos, to peer epi too lofoo· evlogeemenee ee makrotatee eemera, kai evlogeemenoi oi en aftee stantes.	Blessed are your names, Apollo, Phoibos, Pythios, Paian, Loxias, Lykeios, Mousagetes, Helios, Shamash, Utu, Ra, Mithra, Surya, Sol, Belenos; blessed the bow, the lyre, the tripod, the laurel, the swan, the fire on the hill; blessed the longest day, and blessed those who stood in it.
72	Πάτερ τοῦ Ἡλίου, Ζεῦ Λύκαιε ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ἀσκίου· ὁ Υἱός σου τὴν ἡμέραν ἔχει, καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν τῷ ὕψει, καὶ σή ἐστι δι' αὐτοῦ· σὸς ὁ Καρκίνος, σὸν τὸ πῦρ, σὸν τὸ φῶς τὸ μὴ γηράσκον. ΙΑΩ.	Pater too Eelioo, Zef Leekaie epi too oroos too askioo· o Eeios soo teen eemeran ekhei, kai ee eemera en to eepsei, kai see esti di' aftoo· sos o Karkinos, son to peer, son to fos to mee geeraskon. Iao.	Father of the Sun, Zeus Lykaios on the mountain without shadows; your Son holds the day, and the day is at its height, and it is yours through him; yours the Crab, yours the fire, yours the light that doesn't age. IAO.

#Sources and Echoes

The passages below quote or echo the ancient text named. A quotation is marked by its source; everything else in the Psalm is the Temple's own composition.

Passage	Source
I.2 to I.4	Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo, 25 to 139 (Leto's wandering, Delos, the 9 days, the palm, the cry of the Goddesses, Themis's nectar, the first words: εἴη μοι κίθαρίς τε φίλη καὶ καμπύλα τόξα, χρήσω δ' ἀνθρώποισι Διὸς νημερτέα βουλήν, 131 to 132); Callimachus, Hymn 4.249 to 255 (the swans circling 7 times).
I.6	The opening of the Apollo [Azazel] Power Ritual of the Temple: APOLLON, AKOUSON; SHAMASH, SHIME; RA, SEDEMA.
I.7	The Shamash hymn (Lambert, Babylonian Wisdom Literature, 1960, 121 to 138); the Sumerian Utu hymns (ETCSL 4.32); the Amduat and the Book of Gates (the night journey of Ra).
I.9	Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 12, 293c; Aelian, Varia Historia 3.1 (the purification at Tempe).
I.10	Pausanias 1.3.4, 8.41.8 (Apollo Alexikakos); Homer, Iliad 1.43 to 52 (the plague).
II.1	Plutarch, De E apud Delphos 9, 389c (the paean of summer and the dithyramb of winter).
II.2	Diodorus Siculus 2.47 (the Hyperborean island; the God dances every 19 years); Herodotus 4.33 to 35 (the Hyperborean offerings wrapped in straw passed to Delos); Alcaeus fr. 307 Voigt.
II.3	Hesiod, Works and Days 582 to 596, 663 to 665 (the cicada, the noon rest, 50 days after the solstice).
II.5 to II.6	Porphyry, De antro nympharum 22 to 23 (Cancer the gate of men, Capricorn the gate of the Gods); Macrobius, Commentarii 1.12.1 to 2.
II.8	The paean of Aristonous of Corinth (Delphi, 334/3 BC; Powell, Collectanea Alexandrina 162 to 164), in the Temple's Ancient Hymn Library.
II.9 to II.10	Pausanias 8.38.6 to 7 (the Lykaia; the altar on the summit; the precinct where nothing casts a shadow); Plato, Republic 565d; the excavations of Mount Lykaion (Romano and Voyatzis, Hesperia 83, 2014).
III.1 to III.2	Homeric Hymn 3.300 to 374 (the Python; the etymology of Pytho from πύθειν, to rot); Strabo 9.3.6 (the eagles of Zeus and the omphalos); Pindar fr. 54.
III.3	Pausanias 10.24.1 (the maxims on the temple); Plutarch, De E apud Delphos.
III.4, III.7	Herodotus 1.47 to 53, 1.91 (Croesus and the Halys); Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis (the oracle in prose); Strabo 9.3.5 (the tripod and the chasm).
III.10	The Delphic maxims (the Ai Khanoum stele; Stobaeus 3.1.173; Sosiades).
IV.2	The Temple's teaching on 666 as the number of the Sun and of the solar centre: the pages on 666 and the Solar Centre and on the Summer Solstice; Agrippa, De occulta philosophia 2.22 (the magic square of the Sun).
IV.3 to IV.4	Pliny, Natural History 25.30 (vervain), 26.85 to 87 (hypericum); the Temple's Summer Solstice page (herbs, water, wands, cards and runes charged at the solstice).
IV.5 to IV.6	Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes, 24 to 61, 496 to 502 (the lyre of the tortoise given to Apollo); Nicomachus, Harmonicum enchiridion 3 (the 7 strings and the 7 planets); Aristotle, Metaphysics 985b to 986a (the Pythagorean harmony).
IV.7	Apollodorus 1.4.2; Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.382 to 400 (Marsyas).
IV.11	The Epidaurian iamata (IG IV² 1, 121 to 124); Edelstein, Asclepius (1945).
V.1 to V.3	Ovid, Fasti 6.773 to 790 (Fors Fortuna, 24 June); the midsummer fires of Europe: Frazer, The Golden Bough, 3rd ed., vol. 10 (1913) 160 to 219 (the fire wheels of the Moselle, the fires of the Vosges and of Ireland); the Temple's Summer Solstice page (the Baal fires).
V.5	The Temple's Summer Solstice page (the druidic union of Heaven and Earth read as the crown and the base).
V.6	Pausanias 10.32.18; Plutarch, De Iside 38 (the Nile rising at the solstice; the tears of Isis in the Egyptian calendar: the Night of the Drop).
V.7	The solstitial alignment of Stonehenge: Atkinson, Stonehenge (1956); Ruggles, Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland (1999) 35 to 41.
V.8	Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream; the Temple's Summer Solstice page (elementals and the small folk).
VI.1	Julian, Oration 4, Hymn to King Helios (130a to 158c), in the Temple's doctrine pages.
VI.2	Plato, Republic 507b to 509c (the Sun as the offspring of the Good).
VI.3	Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.17 to 1.23 (all the Gods as the Sun).
VI.4	Homer, Iliad 3.277 (Ἠέλιός θ', ὃς πάντ' ἐφορᾷς καὶ πάντ' ἐπακούεις); Odyssey 11.109, 12.323.
VI.6	Proclus, Hymn 1 to Helios; In Timaeum 3.63 to 65 Diehl (the Sun as the heart of the cosmos).
VI.7	The stele of Hammurabi (Louvre Sb 8), the relief of Shamash with the rod and the ring; the prologue of the Code.
VI.8	The Book of Gates and the Amduat; the Book of the Dead, spell 39 (the repulsing of Apophis).

Composed in the worship of Apollo,
in service of Ma'at, Satya, and the Sovereignty of Zeus,
for the restoration of the festivals of mankind.

Author: High Priest Zevios Metathronos

Issued for the Temple of Zeus Foundation.

Issued for the Summer Solstice of the 23rd of June, for every year.

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