Composite Prayer (compiled by Michael)

 

phoebus apollo met them.
and the lord apollo, son of zeus,
led them, striding
with high and beautiful steps,
holding a lyre in his hands
and playing it beautifully.
to parnassos he led them and showed them
his inner shrine and his rich temple.
then apollo, the son of zeus, smiled at them.

 

[HOMERIC HYMN 3.399, 514-16, 522-23, 531. jules cashford, trans.]