One definition of a hymn is ".a lyric poem, reverently and devotionally conceived, which is designed to be sung and which expresses the worshipper's attitude toward God or God's purposes in human life. not psalms or canticles) from the Early Church still sung today include ' Phos Hilaron', ' Sub tuum praesidium', and ' Te Deum'. Since the earliest times, Christians have sung "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs", both in private devotions and in corporate worship. Many refer to Jesus Christ either directly or indirectly. Originally modeled on the Book of Psalms and other poetic passages (commonly referred to as " canticles") in the Scriptures, Christian hymns are generally directed as praise to the Christian God.
Patristic writers began applying the term ὕμνος, or hymnus in Latin, to Christian songs of praise, and frequently used the word as a synonym for " psalm". The Orphic hymns are a collection of 87 short poems in Greek religion. Surviving from the 3rd century BC is a collection of six literary hymns ( Ὕμνοι) by the Alexandrian poet Callimachus. The Western tradition of hymnody begins with the Homeric Hymns, a collection of ancient Greek hymns, the oldest of which were written in the 7th century BC, praising deities of the ancient Greek religions. Ancient Eastern hymns include the Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten, composed by Pharaoh Akhenaten the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal the Rigveda, an Indian collection of Vedic hymns hymns from the Classic of Poetry ( Shijing), a collection of Chinese poems from 11th to 7th centuries BC the Gathas-Avestan hymns believed to have been composed by Zoroaster and the Biblical Book of Psalms.
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