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Sound installation for the statue created by Meltem Şahin. Commissioned by the Commagene Land and River Biennial. Adıyaman-Turkey, 2023.
The music is composed on an anonymous hymn written for goddess Artemis. Vocals are created with AI.
Κλύθι μου, ω βασίλεια, Διός πολυώνυμε κούρη, Τιτάνις, βρομία, μεγαλώνυμε, τοξότι, σεμνή, πασιφαής, δαδούχε, θεά Δίκτυννα, λοχείῳ, ὀδίνων ἐπάρογέ καί ὀδίνων ἀμύητε, λυσίζονε, φιλόιστρε, κυνηγέτι, λυσιμέριμνε, εὔδρομε, ἰοχέαιρα, φιλαγρότι, νυκτερόφοιτε, κλισία εύάντιτε, λυτηρία, ἀρσενόμορφε, Ὀρθίε, οκυλόχεια, βρότων κουροτρόφε δαίμον, ἀμβροτέρα, χθονία, θηροκτόνε, ολβιόμοιρε, η κατέχεις ορέων δρυμούς, ελαφιβόλε, σεμνή, πότνια, παμβασίλεια, καλόν θάλος αἰείν εοῦσα, δρυμονία, σκυλακίτι, Κυδωνίας, αἰολόμορφε:
ἔλθε, θεά σώτειρα, φίλοις μύστισιν ἅπασιν εύάντιτος, ἄγουσα καλούς καρπούς ἀπό γαίης εἰρήνην τ’ ἐρατῆν καλλιπλόκαμον θ’ υγιείαν: πέμποις δ’ εἰς ορέων κεφαλάς νούσους τε καί ἄλγη.
Hear me, queen, many-named daughter of Zeus, Titanian, resounding, illustrious, arrow-bearing, holy, visible to all, torch-bearing, Huntress goddess who ensnares, presiding at birth, assistant in childbirth and uninitiated into childbirth,
you with the undone belt, lover of madness, huntress, disperser of troubles, fast-running, arrow-shooting, lover of the hunt, you who wander at night, welcome at every door, liberator, shaped like a man, upright, you who hasten childbirth, divine nurse to mortal children, immortal, Chthonian, killer of wild beasts, good-fortuned, you rule the mountain forests, tracker of stags, holy, sovereign, Queen of all, forever possessing beautiful youth, wood dwelling, protectress of dogs, Kynodian, ever-changing:
Come, savior Goddess, welcoming friend to all initiates. To bring us the beautiful fruits of the earth and pleasant peace and beautiful-haired health and may you send to the summits of the mountains sickness and suffering
- Genre
- Classical