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πŸ‘€ Pan (god)

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    god of flocks, of varying parentage
    Identified with
    πŸ‘€ Min Egyptian godDiodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)πŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian godDiodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
    Son of
    πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ‘€ Hubris personification of hubrisApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ‘€ Penelope wife of OdysseusApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucianLucianπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian godApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucianLucian Homeric Hymn 19 to PanEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Homeric HymnPliny, Natural HistoryGeographyPlinyLatinπŸ‘€ Dryope daughter of Dryops or Eurytos Homeric Hymn 19 to PanGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Homeric Hymn
    Born at
    🌍 Arcadia region in the PeloponneseLucian, The DanceLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia) city in ArcadiaApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)πŸ›οΈ the House of Dryops (Arcadia) where Hermes marries Dryope Homeric Hymn 19 to PanGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Homeric Hymn
    Founder of
    🌍 Panopolis (Egypt) city in EgyptDiodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
    Eponym of
    🌍 Hispania (alt. Iberia) alternative name for IberiaPs-Plutarch, On RiversMythography & HistoriographyGeographyPs-PlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)VarroVarroLatinLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Pliny, Natural HistoryPliny
    Divine patron of
    🌍 Arcadia region in the PeloponnesePindarPindarGreekLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaPindar
    Creates
    🏺 the Pan-Pipes of Pan invented by Pan from SyrinxOvid, MetamorphosesEpicOvidLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Vergil, EcloguesVergilLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Pliny, Natural HistoryGeographyPlinyMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
    Cult sites
    🌍 Troizen (Argolid) β€‚πŸŒ Tegea (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Olympia (Elis) β€‚πŸŒ India β€‚πŸŒ Peraitheis (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Heraia (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Chaon (Argolid) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Pan at Sicyon β€‚πŸŒ Mount Lampeia (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ the Sanctuary of Pan near Acacesion (Arcadia)β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)β€‚πŸŒ the Sanctuary of Pan in the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia)β€‚πŸŒ Mendes (Egypt) β€‚πŸŒ the Sanctuary of Pan at Athens
    Related Entities
    πŸ‘€ Acheloos (river god) β€‚πŸ‘€ Actaion β€‚πŸ‘€ Aphrodite β€‚πŸ‘€ Apollo β€‚πŸ‘€ Ariadne β€‚πŸ‘€ Artemis β€‚πŸ‘€ Atreus β€‚πŸ‘€ Cephisos (river god)  πŸ‘₯ the Charites  πŸ‘₯ the Corybantes β€‚πŸ‘€ Demeter β€‚πŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian) β€‚πŸ‘€ Poseidon β€‚πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) β€‚πŸ‘€ Ganymedes (s. of Tros) β€‚πŸ‘€ Heracles β€‚πŸ‘€ Hermes β€‚πŸ‘€ Isis β€‚πŸ‘€ Hubris  πŸ‘₯ the Muses β€‚πŸ‘€ Penelope β€‚πŸ‘€ Maron  πŸ‘₯ the Moirai β€‚πŸ‘€ Olympos (f. of Marsyas) β€‚πŸŒ Marathon (Attica) β€‚πŸ‘€ Seilenos β€‚πŸ‘€ Selene β€‚πŸ‘€ Semele β€‚πŸ‘€ Triptolemos β€‚πŸΊ the Lyre of Apollo β€‚πŸ‘€ the Golden Lamb of Atreus β€‚πŸŒ Mycenae (Argolid) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Ida (Troad) β€‚πŸŒ Egypt β€‚πŸŒ Arcadia β€‚πŸŒ the Land of the Ethiopians β€‚πŸŒ River Ladon (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Malea (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Olympos (N. Greece) β€‚πŸŒ Troizen (Argolid) β€‚πŸŒ Tegea (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mantineia (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Olympia (Elis)  πŸ‘₯ the Dogs of Actaion β€‚πŸŒ India β€‚πŸŒ Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) β€‚πŸ‘€ Eros β€‚πŸ‘€ Hypnos  πŸ‘₯ the Oneiroi β€‚πŸ‘€ Tyche β€‚πŸŒ Mount Othrys (Thessaly) β€‚πŸ‘€ Erato (Arcadian) β€‚πŸ‘€ Midas β€‚πŸ‘€ Sinoe β€‚πŸŒ Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) β€‚πŸ‘€ Attis β€‚πŸŒ Peraitheis (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Heraia (Arcadia) β€‚πŸ‘€ Cybele (goddess) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Mainalion (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Mount Chaon (Argolid) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Pan at Sicyon β€‚πŸŒ Mount Lampeia (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ the Sanctuary of Pan near Acacesion (Arcadia)β€‚πŸŒ the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia/Messenia) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Black Demeter (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ River Garates (Arcadia) β€‚πŸ‘€ Priapos β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)β€‚πŸŒ the Sanctuary of Pan in the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia)β€‚πŸ‘€ Dryope  πŸ‘₯ the Satyrs β€‚πŸ›οΈ the House of Dryops (Arcadia) β€‚πŸ‘€ Echo β€‚πŸ‘€ Pitys β€‚πŸ‘€ Hermaphroditos β€‚πŸ‘€ Anubis β€‚πŸ‘€ Sabazios β€‚πŸ‘€ Osiris  πŸ‘₯ the Dogs of Artemisβ€‚πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Pan (Arcadia)β€‚πŸŒ River Indos (India) β€‚πŸŒ Iberia (W. Europe) β€‚πŸŒ Hispania (alt. Iberia) β€‚πŸŒ Mendes (Egypt) β€‚πŸ‘€ Macedon (s. of Osiris) β€‚πŸ‘€ Min β€‚πŸΊ the Pan-Pipes of Pan β€‚πŸ‘€ Syrinx β€‚πŸŒ Latium (Italy) β€‚πŸ‘€ Lyssa β€‚πŸŒ the Sanctuary of Pan at Athens β€‚πŸ‘€ Hyagnis (Phrygian) β€‚πŸ‘€ Cerambos β€‚πŸ‘€ Tmolos (mountain god) β€‚πŸ‘€ Pomona β€‚πŸ‘€ Vertumnus β€‚πŸŒ Panopolis (Egypt)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.38β€‚πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.4.1β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 1.28.4β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 1.44.9β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.24.3β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.24.6β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.10.2β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 1.34.3β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.32.6β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 10.32.7β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.26.2β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.31.3β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.36.7β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.36.8β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.38.11β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.53.11β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.54.4β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.54.6β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 1.32.7β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 1.36.2β€‚πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan 1-49β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.30.2-8.30.3β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.37.11-8.37.12β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.4β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 5.15.6-5.15.9β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 8.30.6-8.30.7β€‚πŸ“– Sophocles, Aias 693-730β€‚πŸ“– Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 11β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.1 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.3 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.4 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 10.1-2 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 25β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dionysos 1-4β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dionysos 6β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Icaromenippus 27β€‚πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 87-97β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Double Indictment 9β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Double Indictment 12β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 48β€‚πŸ“– Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16β€‚πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.12.1-1.12.10β€‚πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.18.1-1.18.6β€‚πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.25.1-1.25.2β€‚πŸ“– Pindar fr. 95 Snell-Maehlerβ€‚πŸ“– Pindar fr. 96 Snell-Maehlerβ€‚πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.689-1.721β€‚πŸ“– Strabo 17.1.16-17.1.19β€‚πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 2β€‚πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 4β€‚πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 10β€‚πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42β€‚πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.384-3.393β€‚πŸ“– Callimachus fr. 689 Pfeifferβ€‚πŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 22β€‚πŸ“– Thespis FragTrag fr. 4 = fr. 4 Snell-Kannichtβ€‚πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.146-11.193β€‚πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.609-14.653β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 699-746β€‚πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 3.8β€‚πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 7.204β€‚πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 36.35β€‚βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Pausanias Pindar  Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan Sophocles, Aias Strabo Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Dionysos Lucian, Parliament of the Gods Lucian, Icaromenippus Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Lucian, The Double Indictment Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, The Dance Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Eclogues Vergil, Georgics Thespis Euripides, Electra Pliny, Natural History
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Polyainos, Stratagems 1.2β€‚πŸ“– Pindar fr. 201 Snell-Maehlerβ€‚πŸ“– Nicander, Metamorphoses fr. 39 Gow-Scholfieldβ€‚πŸ“– Varro unnumbered fragment
    Depictions
    🎨 Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater (CAMU Ξ” 179; Beazley 9034452)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Attic Red-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ” 574)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-y)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-e)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-p)β€‚πŸŽ¨ South Italian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Branca Painter (RΓΆhsska 13-71)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Glyptoteket 778; ASR IV. 2, no. 75, pl. 85-91)
    Reported depictions
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Asclepios at Sicyonβ€‚πŸŒ Megalopolis (Arcadia) β€‚πŸŒ Psyttalea (Saronic Gulf) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Amphiaraos at Oroposβ€‚πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Zeus Aphesios (Megarid)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Table with sculpted reliefs in the Temple of the Great Goddesses, Megalopolis, perhaps by Demophon (LIMC Apollon 803)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Statue of Two Wrestlers by Heliodoros (LIMC Daphnis 8)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt
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