paeans
Songs of exaltation
Paeans are songs or expressions of praise, triumph, or thanksgiving.
The word comes from ancient Greek hymns to Apollo.
In modern use, paeans are effusive tributes: The book is a paean to small-town America, Critics wrote paeans to the director's vision.
The singular is paean.
Tribute for the dead
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- laudationFormal expression of praise
- encomiumFormal speech of tribute
panegyric · tribute · ode · glorification · exaltation · adulation · plaudit · ovation
Official song of praise
- canticleScriptural text sung devotionally
- choraleHymn tune or choir
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
doxology · ode · carol · spiritual · liturgy · oratorio · processional · invocation
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- DelphiGreek prophetic sanctuary
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- odesLaudatory lyric verses
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
Sophocles · chorus · lyre · temples · oracles · festivals · classical · Hellenistic
Resounding, celebrated victory
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
rapture · rejoicing · celebration · exultation · jubilee · revelry · fervor · delight
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- laudationFormal expression of praise
encomium · panegyric · tribute · ode · glorification · exaltation · adulation · plaudit · ovation · acclamation
anthem
Official song of praise
chant · doxology · ode · carol · spiritual · liturgy · oratorio · processional · invocation · Apollo
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
Homer · Sophocles · chorus · lyre · temples · oracles · festivals · classical · Hellenistic · bards
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
exhilaration · rapture · rejoicing · celebration · exultation · jubilee · revelry · fervor · delight · glee
- Greek poetryHomer, Sappho, Iliad, Odyssey, hymns
- Pindarstrophe, antistrophe, Theron, choral performance
- expressions of joyjoy, glee, bliss, elation, jubilation
- Greek poetry selectionstragic scenes
paeansdirges
Mournful funeral songs
laments · elegies · requiems · keening · mourning songs
paeansdiatribes
Lengthy bitter verbal attacks
denunciations · condemnations · invectives · screeds · excoriations