TERPANDER

TERPANDER

1 Wo Zeus

Clement of Alexandria Wiseriiiiis s So Che mode or scale
of the barbarian psaltery of Davida, disphiving solemmity as
it dees and beine very ancient. furnishes anu example or
foveshadowing of ‘Terpamder thus singing the praise of Zeus
in the Dorian mode :

@eus, the beginning of all, the leader of all;
Zeus, to thee 1 brine this eift for a beginning of
hymns.?

2 To Avot
Suidas επί dsapameerice: to sing the Nome of
Perpander called the Orthinn ov High-pitehed, of which
the prelude begins :

Of the Far-finging Lord come sing me, O my
soul.”

3% To Apotto ann THE Muses
Keil Grammaticn! Heirarts (on the Spondee]: ‘This rhythin
is vo called from that of the sones sung tothe flute at σπονδαί
or ‘libations,’ such as:

Let us pour to the Daughters of Memory and
their Lord the Son of Leto.

lithe solemnity js partly due to the absence of short
syllables if the words are really ‘Tos the meaning of
“all” is prob. not cosmogonic οἵ. Ars. 901}: Apostol.
8. 29¢ 2 cf. Suid. ad low Sch. Av. Nuh, 595 («ἐκ τῶν
Τερπάνδρου προοιμίων), Wesveh. ἀμφὶ tvaxta’ ἀρχὴ πιθαρῳδικοῦ
νόμου 3 ascription doubtful

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