| Dated: | 1980 |
| Instrumentation: | Amplified baritone, solo percussion and large orchestr": 4 (+picc), 4 (+cor anglais), 4 (+E flat clarinet), 4 (+contrabassoon) - 4, 4, 4, 1, timpani, percussion, piano, strings (16, 14, 12, 10, 8) |
| Timing: | 17' |
| Premiere: | February 13, 1981 in Munich, Germany at the Musica Viva festival. Performance by Spyros Sakkas (baritone), Sylvio Gualda (percussion) and the Sinfonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks, dir. Michel Tabachnik. |
| Dedicated to: | Spyros Sakkas |
| Commissioned by: | The Bayrischer Rundfunk |
| Published: | Editions Salabert 17511 |
| Texts for the composition are from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and from Sappho. Recording available from Neuma Records 450-86 and Timpani 1C1057. |