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Paean (pē`ən), Paean was an epithet for Apollo, the healer. The paean, a hymn of praise to Apollo and often to other gods, was sung as a prayer for safety or deliverance at battles and other important occasions. paean (sometimes US), pean a hymn sung in ancient Greece in invocation of or thanksgiving to a deity Paean physician to the gods. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 29] See : Medicine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No dirge will I upraise, "But waft the angel on her flight with a Paean of old days `Unless Phoebus Apollo should save him from death, or Paean himself who knows the remedies for all things. This quickly took us out of range of Red-Eye, and the last we saw of him was far out on a point of land, where he was jumping up and down and chanting a paean of victory. |
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