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Paean

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Paean , 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. ... Read more
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The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature paean, a song of thanksgiving for deliverance from evil or danger, addressed usually to Apollo who, as god of healing, was given the name Paean. Later the word is used for a shout or song of triumph. Read more
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes paean • Eritrean , Ghanaian, Himalayan, Malayan, Tigrayan • Actaeon , Aegean, aeon ( US eon), Augean, Behan, Cadmean...lien, Linnaean ( US Linnean), Maccabean, Mandaean ( US Mandean), Medicean, monogenean, Nabataean ( US Nabatean), Orphean, paean, paeon, pean, peon, Periclean, piscean, plebeian, ... Read more

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Magazine article from: Herizons; 4/1/2007; ; 167 words ; KIM BEGGS WANDERER'S PAEAN Independent REVIEW BY CINDY FILIPENKO...time. Her sophomore effort, Wanderer's Paean, demonstrates a roots purity that is seldom...more uplifting overall sound. Wanderer's Paean deserves to be at the top of the CD rack... Read more
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A paean to Emha, may his tribe proliferate
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Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/30/2003; ; 262 words ; Byline: Colleen Kelly; Staff Writer Joyce Sidman's new book of poetry, an unapologetic paean to doghood, has its roots in a painful period of her life - the months after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Because... Read more
Post-mortem paean to John Denver
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/13/2005; ; 449 words ; PETER SANTILLI, The Associated Press The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-13-2005 Post-mortem paean to John Denver By PETER SANTILLI, The Associated Press Date: 11-13-2005, Sunday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All Editions Column... Read more
Joyce in love, a paean
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 3/20/2005; ; 615 words ; JIM BECKERMAN The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-20-2005 Joyce in love, a paean -- Debut for N.J. composer's musical about the novelist JIM BECKERMAN Date: 03-20-2005, Sunday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All... Read more

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