For St. Ambrose’s “Ancient Morning Hymn”: Both Ambrose’s hymn and the Egyptian Akhenaten’s Hymn to the Sun are addressed to the sun. How do they otherwise compare?
What will be an ideal response?
The Egyptian hymn is directed toward the Sun deity as a manifestation of the natural phenomenon. The composer praises the deity for its role in bringing light to the world in a natural sense, which illuminates, warms, and causes vegetation to grow. Ambrose’s hymn, however, should be read metaphorically as a hymn to Jesus, who illuminates the earth from its spiritual darkness.
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