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Hymns to apollo5/10/2023 Hgmn to Delos 249 Plato, Phaeds, 85 Manilius v. bFor the association of the swan with Apollo cf. The laurel and the palm are coupled in Euripides, Hecuba, 458ff. aThe palm-tree by which Leto supported herself when she bare Apollo.Let not the youths keep silent lyre or noiseless step, when Apollo visits c his shrine, if they think to accomplish marriage and to cut the locks of age, dĪnd if the wall is to stand upon its old foundations. We shall see thee, O Archer, and we shall never be lowly. Whoso hath seen Apollo, he is great whoso hath not seen him, he is of low estate. Not unto everyone doth Apollo appear, but unto him that is good. And ye, young men, prepare ye for song and for the dance. Of yourselves now ye bolts be pushed back, pushed back of yourselves, ye bars! The god is no longer far away. See’st thou not? the Delian palm a nods pleasantly of a sudden and the swan b in the air sings sweetly. How the laurel branch of Apollo trembles! how trembles all the shrine! Away, away, he that is sinful! Now surely Phoebus knocketh at the door with his beautiful foot.
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