This piece starts with a quarter tone step in the melody right at the beginning. Aulos begins, then low bowed strings or something similar, followed by a male voice yelling. We hear a gong, then bells and aulos accompany this man singing (chant-like). There is some light harp strumming at the end. This reminds me of Tibetan monks (I have heard one chant one time), or some other monastic order. The translation of the words seem like a prayer or ode to the God Poseidon (Greek God of the ocean).
Here are the words:
Immortal clouds let us arise
Showing ourselves as beings
Obedient to deep thundering, father ocean
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