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Excerpt from A Study of the Greek Paean: With Appendixes Containing the Hymns Found at Delphi, and the Other Extant Fragments of Paeans In this list of Greek hymns the paean challenges our attention as the word which is both a general name for hymn, and a parti cular name for the hymn to Apollo. The word paean more than any other (except perhaps the very general word is used for the hymn as a part of the religious service, so that a study of the paean is important for the history of Greek religion. More specifically it is used for a particular hymn in the service of Apollo, while at the same time the word is used as an epithet for Apollo and less commonly for other gods. In the study of the paean, therefore, we may hope for light not only on the musical side of Greek cultus in general, or on the worship of Apollo in particular, but also on the nature of Apollo and on his relation to other gods who receive the name Hawiv. If the subject is ap proached with some particular theory of the nature of Apollo, e. G. The theory that Apollo is a sun god the facts can probably be adapted to the theory; I shall ask the reader, however, to ap proach the facts as far as possible without prejudice, in order to ascertain just what light they have to throw on these questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.