Homeric Hymn to Apollo (21)

Catalogue ID: 02-olympian-gods/113-homeric-hymn-apollo-21

Cycle: Olympian gods — Apollo / short Homeric Hymn

Version line: Homeric Hymn XXI — Apollo as swan-sung archer of the far range

Sources: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (21)

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Characters

Artemis — archer-lord sung by swan and lyre
Singer — holds him first and last on the lyre
Swan — sings him on the wing by the river

Places

Peneus — eddying river where the swan lands

Themes

None detected.

Narrative

Homeric Hymn 21 addresses Apollo: the swan sings him to the beat of its wings as it lands on the bank beside the eddying river Peneus; the sweet-tongued singer holds him first and last with the lyre. The hymn asks the lord to rejoice. It is a miniature of Apolline music and Thessalian river landscape, without Delos, Python, or Telphusa. Catalogue it as Apollo’s short hymn-atom distinct from the great Delian–Pythian narrative.