Hail Apollon Erasmius, lovely, I adore You.

Hail Apollon Leschenorius,
Guardian of sacred halls and steadfast counsel,
Protector of words exchanged in trust,
I call upon Your wisdom and grace.

By Your light, may discourse be just,
By Your hand, may alliances be forged.
You who see beyond the spoken word,
Grant clarity and harmony in gathering.

I adore You, radiant Apollon,
Guide our hearts in unity,
Guard these halls with Your eternal watch.
Hail and be ever honored!

Now, according to the Orphic and Pythagoric doctrine, the lyre of Apollo is an image of the celestial harmony, or the melody caused by the orderly revolutions of the celestial spheres. But I cannot believe that Orpheus and Pythagoras considered this harmony as attended with sensible sounds, according to the vulgar acceptation of the word: for it is surely more rational to suppose, that they meant nothing more by the music of the spheres, than their harmonical proportions to each other. Indeed these wise men, to whom metaphors were familiar, may be easily conceived by vulgar sound and vulgar harmony to insinuate internal sound, and harmony subsisting in its origin and cause. Hence we may consider the souls of the celestial spheres, together with the soul of the world, as composing the choir of the nine Muses (ed. Mousai; Gr. Μοῦσαι) (who are called by the Platonists nine Syrens [ed. Seirínæs; Gr. Σειρῆνες]) and dancing in numerical order round Apollo the sun of the intellectual world. But these nine Muses are far different from the marine Syrens of the poets who, resident as it were in the sea of material delights, draw us aside by their alluring melody, from the paths of rectitude. For these are divine Syrens inviting us to the proper end of our nature; and forming from the eight tones of the eight spheres, one perfect and everlasting harmony.

Thomas Taylor

"Varro says there was an Orphic book about summoning the soul, called the Lyre. It is said that souls need the cithara in order to ascend." [Virgil]

This would imply that the music of the kithára of Apollon has the ability to cause a transformation in the soul, enabling it to ascend or progress. In antiquity, it was generally believed that the earth was the center of the universe, but the idea was that our planet was the grossest part, not the most important. What was above the earth was not merely more elevated, but it was the realm of divine beings. The heavens were believed to produce musical tones and one means to access the divine was through music which is in harmony with these realms.

What is this loud and agreeable sound that fills my ears?"

"That is produced," he replied, "by the onward rush and motion of the spheres themselves; the intervals between them, though unequal, being exactly arranged in a fixed proportion, by an agreeable blending of high and low tones various harmonies are produced; for such mighty motions cannot be carried on so swiftly in silence; and Nature has provided that one extreme shall produce low tones while the other gives forth high. Therefore this uppermost sphere of heaven, which bears the stars, as it revolves more rapidly, produces a high, shrill tone, whereas the lowest revolving sphere, that of the Moon, gives forth the lowest tone; for the earthly sphere, the ninth, remains ever motionless and stationary in its position in the centre of the universe. But the other eight spheres, two of which move with the same velocity, produce seven different sounds, ---a number which is the key of almost everything. Learned men, by imitating this harmony on stringed instruments and in song, have gained for themselves a return to this region, as others have obtained the same reward by devoting their brilliant intellects to divine pursuits during their earthly lives."

By Cicero: The dream of Scipio

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Hail Apollon Smintheus, lord of Mice, I adore You.

The Bronze Mice of Apollo Smintheus were attached to bronze oil lamps, candelabra, lampstands, and other pieces of furniture.

Hail Apollon, charioteer of dragons,
Radiant lord of light and truth,
Your fiery steeds pierce the heavens,
Their breath igniting wisdom in the skies.

You who guide the sun across the firmament,
Illuminate the path of clarity and courage.
With your golden bow, you strike away falsehood,
And your melodies heal the wounds of the weary.

O oracle of Delphi, seer of the unseen,
Grant me insight to discern the hidden,
Strength to walk the road of virtue,
And the grace to embrace the beauty of harmony.

May your presence dispel the shadows of doubt,
And your flame kindle the fire of inspiration.
In your honor, I offer this prayer,
As I stand in awe of your celestial glory.

Hail Apollon, charioteer of dragons,
Forever shall your name echo through the cosmos.

What god drove them to fight with such a fury?
Apollo the son of Zeus and Leto. Incensed at the king
he swept a fatal plague through the army – men were dying
and all because Agamemnon spurned Apollo’s priest.

Homer

Hail Apollo Cunomaglus, Lord of Hounds, I adore You.