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Ie Paion (Alalalai) by Drew Campbell

I use this tune at the end of rituals as a lively segue into the feast. It can also be sung spontaneously any time you feel a surge of joy and gratitude to Apollon or the gods in general. These specific words appear in Aristophanes Birds , but the cries of "alalalai" and "ie paion" are widely attested. In the English version I've given a phonetic transliteration of the initial phrase, which is an untranslatable phrase of triumph and rejoicing. See Simon Pulleyn's Prayer in Greek Religion, p. 181, for a discussion of the paean as a "prayer-like shout."

This page was last updated on April 3, 2002.

This article originally appeared on Andrew Campbell's Nomos Arkhaios site which is currently on hiatus.
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