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- god of flocks, of varying parentage
- Identified with
- π€ Osiris βπ€ Min
- Son of
- π€ Zeus (Olympian) βπ€ Hermes βπ€ Hubris βπ€ Penelope βπ€ Dryope
- Born at
- π Arcadia βπ Mantineia (Arcadia) βποΈ the House of Dryops (Arcadia)
- Founder of
- π Panopolis (Egypt)
- Eponym of
- π Hispania (alt. Iberia)
- Divine patron of
- π Arcadia
- Creates
- πΊ the Pan-Pipes of Pan
- Cult sites
- π Troizen (Argolid) βπ Tegea (Arcadia) βπ Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) βπ Olympia (Elis) βπ India βπ Peraitheis (Arcadia) βπ Heraia (Arcadia) βπ Mount Chaon (Argolid) βποΈ the Altar of Pan at Sicyon βπ Mount Lampeia (Arcadia) βπ the Sanctuary of Pan near Acacesion (Arcadia)βποΈ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)βπ the Sanctuary of Pan in the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia)βπ Mendes (Egypt) βπ the Sanctuary of Pan at Athens
- Dwelling
- ποΈ the Cave of Pan (Arcadia)
- Related Entities
- π€ Acheloos (river god) βπ€ Actaion βπ€ Aphrodite βπ€ Apollo βπ€ Ariadne βπ€ Artemis βπ€ Atreus βπ€ Cephisos (river god) βπ₯ the Charites βπ₯ the Corybantes βπ€ Demeter βπ€ Dionysos (Olympian) βπ€ Poseidon βπ€ Zeus (Olympian) βπ€ Ganymedes (s. of Tros) βπ€ Heracles βπ€ Hermes βπ€ Isis βπ€ Hubris βπ₯ the Muses βπ€ Penelope βπ€ Maron βπ₯ the Moirai βπ Marathon (Attica) βπ€ Seilenos βπ€ Selene βπ€ Semele βπ€ Triptolemos βπΊ the Lyre of Apollo βπ€ the Golden Lamb of Atreus βπ Mycenae (Argolid) βπ Mount Ida (Troad) βπ Egypt βπ Arcadia βπ the Land of the Ethiopians βπ River Ladon (Arcadia) βπ Malea (Arcadia) βπ Mount Olympos (N. Greece) βπ Troizen (Argolid) βπ Tegea (Arcadia) βπ Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) βπ Delos (island) βπ Mantineia (Arcadia) βπ Olympia (Elis) βπ₯ the Dogs of Actaion βπ India βπ Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) βπ Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) βπ€ Eros βπ€ Hypnos βπ₯ the Oneiroi βπ€ Tyche βπ Mount Othrys (Thessaly) βπ€ Erato (Arcadian) βπ€ Midas βπ€ Sinoe βπ Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) βπ€ Attis βπ Peraitheis (Arcadia) βπ Heraia (Arcadia) βπ€ Cybele (goddess) βπ Mount Mainalion (Arcadia) βπ Mount Chaon (Argolid) βποΈ the Altar of Pan at Sicyon βπ Mount Lampeia (Arcadia) βπ the Sanctuary of Pan near Acacesion (Arcadia)βπ the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia/Messenia) βποΈ the Cave of Black Demeter (Arcadia) βπ River Garates (Arcadia) βπ€ Priapos βποΈ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)βπ the Sanctuary of Pan in the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia)βπ€ Dryope βπ₯ the Satyrs βποΈ the House of Dryops (Arcadia) βπ€ Echo βπ€ Pitys βπ€ Hermaphroditos βπ€ Anubis βπ€ Sabazios βπ€ Osiris βπ₯ the Dogs of ArtemisβποΈ the Cave of Pan (Arcadia)βπ River Indos (India) βπ Iberia (W. Europe) βπ Hispania (alt. Iberia) βπ Mendes (Egypt) βπ€ Macedon (s. of Osiris) βπ€ Min βπΊ the Pan-Pipes of Pan βπ€ Syrinx βπ Latium (Italy) βπ€ Lyssa βπ the Sanctuary of Pan at Athens βπ€ Hyagnis (Phrygian) βπ€ Cerambos βπ€ Tmolos (mountain god) βπ€ Pomona βπ€ Vertumnus βπ Panopolis (Egypt)
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Epitome 7.38βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.4.1βπ Pausanias 1.28.4βπ Pausanias 1.44.9βπ Pausanias 8.24.3βπ Pausanias 2.24.6βπ Pausanias 2.10.2βπ Pausanias 1.34.3βπ Pausanias 2.32.6βπ Pausanias 10.32.7βπ Pausanias 8.26.2βπ Pausanias 8.31.3βπ Pausanias 8.36.7βπ Pausanias 8.36.8βπ Pausanias 8.38.11βπ Pausanias 8.53.11βπ Pausanias 8.54.4βπ Pausanias 8.54.6βπ Pausanias 1.32.7βπ Pausanias 1.36.2βπ Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan 1-49βπ Pausanias 8.30.2-8.30.3βπ Pausanias 8.37.11-8.37.12βπ Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.4βπ Pausanias 5.15.6-5.15.9βπ Pausanias 8.30.6-8.30.7βπ Sophocles, Aias 693-730βπ Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 11βπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.1 MacLeodβπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.3 MacLeodβπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.4 MacLeodβπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 10.1-2 MacLeodβπ Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 25βπ Lucian, Dionysos 1-4βπ Lucian, Dionysos 6βπ Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4βπ Lucian, Icaromenippus 27βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 87-97βπ Lucian, The Double Indictment 9βπ Lucian, The Double Indictment 12βπ Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3βπ Lucian, The Dance 48βπ Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16βπ Diodoros, Library 1.12.1-1.12.10βπ Diodoros, Library 1.18.1-1.18.6βπ Diodoros, Library 1.25.1-1.25.2βπ Pindar fr. 95 Snell-Maehlerβπ Pindar fr. 96 Snell-Maehlerβπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.689-1.721βπ Strabo 17.1.16-17.1.19βπ Vergil, Eclogues 2βπ Vergil, Eclogues 4βπ Vergil, Eclogues 10βπ Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42βπ Vergil, Georgics 3.384-3.393βπ Callimachus fr. 689 Pfeifferβπ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 22βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.146-11.193βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.609-14.653βπ Euripides, Electra 699-746βπ Pliny, Natural History 3.8ββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, EpitomeβApollodoros, LibraryβPausaniasβPindarβ Homeric Hymn 19 to PanβSophocles, AiasβStraboβHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesβAnonymous, On Unbelievable StoriesβLucian, Dialogues of the GodsβLucian, DionysosβLucian, Parliament of the GodsβLucian, IcaromenippusβCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisβLucian, The Double IndictmentβLucian, The Lover of LiesβLucian, The DanceβPs-Plutarch, On RiversβDiodoros, LibraryβAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesβCallimachusβOvid, MetamorphosesβVergil, EcloguesβVergil, GeorgicsβEuripides, ElectraβPliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Polyainos, Stratagems 1.2βπ Pindar fr. 201 Snell-Maehlerβπ Nicander, Metamorphoses fr. 39 Gow-Scholfieldβπ Varro unnumbered fragment
- Depictions
- π¨ Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater (CAMU Ξ 179; Beazley 9034452)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ 574)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-y)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-e)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-p)βπ¨ South Italian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Branca Painter (RΓΆhsska 13-71)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Glyptoteket 778; ASR IV. 2, no. 75, pl. 85-91)
- Reported depictions
- π the Sanctuary of Asclepios at Sicyonβπ Megalopolis (Arcadia) βπ Psyttalea (Saronic Gulf) βποΈ the Altar of Amphiaraos at OroposβποΈ the Temple of Zeus Aphesios (Megarid)βπ¨ Table with sculpted reliefs in the Temple of the Great Goddesses, Megalopolis, perhaps by Demophon (LIMC Apollon 803)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- π Egypt