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§ 43. 



In the Greek Eitual, an ode (w S -^j is a system of metrical troparia. Theoretically, 

 every one of the troparia of an ode should have the same rhythm as the first troparion 

 of that ode ; that is, every troparion should have the same number of lines, and each 

 line should have the same number of syllables and accents, as the first troparion (etp/io ?). 

 This rule, however, is not unfrequently violated (within certain limits), even by the best 

 hymnographers. 



A caii07i (Kav wv) is a system of odes. A complete canon contains nine odes. But in 

 most of the canons of the Ritual the second ode is wanting ; still the odes are num- 

 bered as if the second ode occupied its proper place. Thus, the last ode is called the 

 ninth ode, the last but one, the eighth, and so on. 



A canon having only three odes is called Tpia>Bioi>. A canon having only four odes 

 is called t er pamB lov . 



The most prominent writers of odes and canons are Andreas of Crete, Cosmas of 

 Jerusalem, Joannes of Damascus,^^® Theodorus and Joseph the Studitse, and Theo- 

 phanes of Palestine, surnamed 6 TpaTn6<i. 



The great canon (o p-eyai; Kavwv) oi Andreas of Crete is the longest in the Ritual. 

 It is chanted on the Thursday next after the fourth Sunday in Lent at matins. 



Specimens from the third ode of the Great Canon of Andreas of Crete. 



STepecoa-ov, Kvpce ntjjTjv fo)^? KeKTijfiat, 



'EttI TTjV TreTpav tcop evroKav aov Se tov Oavarov tov KaOaipsTrju 



^dkevdeicrav t^v KapBiav fiov, Km ^om aoi e« KapBiw; /lov 



"Otl flavor ayioi HfiapTov 



'T-jrapxetl Koi Kvpio<}. IXaaOrjTi, a-coaov fie. 



From the first ode of the canon chanted on the evening of the Saturday immediately 

 preceding Palm-Sunday. Attributed to the same author. 



'fliBrjV e-TTiviKtov ^avricra'; top Ad^apov 



"Ai<ra}fiev Trai/re? -E/e tov p,vr]/j,e(,ov 



Qeai Tft) TTOfTjo-ai/Tt Ev6v<i e^ai/ecmyo-a?, 



Qavfiacrra TepuTa AW 6 ' AiB7]<; KaTwOev 



Bpayiovi ir\lrr]\^ km auxravTi IIiKpu)<; (oBvpeTO, Kai (rrevaiv 



Tov 'lapa^X, oti BeBo^acrTai. Erpefie, a-mrep, ttjv e^ovcnav aov. 



^'* Sum. 'loMwtjs 6 tiaficuTKTivos SvvijK/xafe 8' avra Ktii Kotrfias 6 e^ 'UpocroKifiav Ot yoii» atrfurriKoi 



Kavovcs 'ladmov re Kai Koer/ja avyKpicrti' oix tSi^avro, oiSe Se^aivro, i^xpts &v 6 Kad' r/fias /3ioy Trcpaua6^(reTau 



