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πŸ‘€ Pan (god)

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  • Information
    god of flocks, of varying parentage
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132582
    PALP
    http://palp.art/browse/pan
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/COLqgrxeTGyHXLL79REc_wB
    Gender
    Male
    Identified with
    πŸ‘€ Min Egyptian godπŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian god
    Appearance and powers
    Has hybrid form
    Birth
    Birth is narrated
    Experiences
    Undergoes metamorphosis
    In the historical period
    Appears in an epiphany
    Son of
    πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Hubris personification of hubrisπŸ‘€ Penelope wife of OdysseusπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian godπŸ‘€ Dryope daughter of Dryops or EurytosπŸ‘₯ the Suitors of Penelope on Ithaca reside in Odysseus' Palace on Ithaca
    Born at
    🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia) city in ArcadiaπŸ›οΈ the House of Dryops (Arcadia) where Hermes marries Dryope
    Founder of
    🌍 Panopolis (Egypt) city in Egypt
    Eponym of
    🌍 Hispania (alt. Iberia) alternative name for Iberia
    Divine patron of
    🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese
    Creates
    🏺 the Pan-Pipes of Pan invented by Pan from Syrinx
    Cult sites
    πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Pan at Sicyon at Sicyon, near the Sanctuary of Hera, built by Adrastos🌍 the Sanctuary of Pan near Acacesion (Arcadia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Pan in the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Pan at Athens focussed on a cave under the Acropolis🌍 Mount Chaon (Argolid) mountain in the Argolid🌍 Mount Lampeia (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia🌍 Peraitheis (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 Troizen (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic Games🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia, near TegeaπŸ›οΈ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)🌍 Heraia (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 Mendes (Egypt) city in Egypt
    Dwelling
    πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Pan (Arcadia)
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Hubris personification of hubrisπŸ‘€ Apollo Olympian godπŸ‘€ Penelope wife of Odysseus🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia) city in ArcadiaπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian god🌍 Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia, near TegeaπŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Mount Chaon (Argolid) mountain in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Hypnos personification of sleepπŸ‘₯ the Oneiroi personifications of dreams🌍 Arcadia region in the PeloponneseπŸ‘€ Sinoe nymph, nurse of Pan🏺 the Pan-Pipes of Pan invented by Pan from SyrinxπŸ‘€ Aphrodite Olympian goddessπŸ›οΈ the Temple of Zeus Aphesios (Megarid)🌍 Mount Lampeia (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia🌍 Peraitheis (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 Mount Mainalion (Arcadia) mountain in ArcadiaπŸ‘€ Erato (Arcadian) nymph, wife of Arcas🌍 the Sanctuary of Pan near Acacesion (Arcadia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Pan in the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia)πŸ‘€ Isis Egyptian goddess🌍 Troizen (Argolid) city in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Demeter Olympian goddessπŸ‘₯ the Moirai the FatesπŸ›οΈ the Cave of Black Demeter (Arcadia) in Arcadia🌍 Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic GamesπŸ‘€ Tyche personification of fortune, luck🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 River Garates (Arcadia) river in ArcadiaπŸ›οΈ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)πŸ‘₯ the Corycian Nymphs migrate from Ceos to Mt Parnassos🌍 Heraia (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia/Messenia) mountain range in Arcadia and Messenia🌍 Marathon (Attica) deme in AtticaπŸ‘€ Acheloos (river god) river godπŸ‘€ Cephisos (river god) river god of various locationsπŸ›οΈ the Altar of Amphiaraos at OroposπŸ‘€ Dryope daughter of Dryops or Eurytos🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) mountain in northern Greece, home of the Olympian GodsπŸ›οΈ the House of Dryops (Arcadia) where Hermes marries Dryope🌍 Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) mountain in ArcadiaπŸ‘€ Echo nymph rejected by Narcissos, personification of echoing sound, pursued by Pan🌍 the Sanctuary of Pan at Athens focussed on a cave under the AcropolisπŸ‘€ Pitys nymph beloved by PanπŸ‘€ Ganymedes (s. of Tros) son of Tros, abducted by Zeus🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) mountain in the TroadπŸ‘€ Seilenos attendant of Dionysos🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 River Indos (India) river in IndiaπŸ‘₯ the Satyrs creatures with bestial features, often associated with DionysosπŸ‘₯ the Corybantes group of worshippers of Cybele, often conflated with similarly-named groupsπŸ‘€ Poseidon Olympian godπŸ‘€ Heracles greatest Greek heroπŸ‘₯ the Muses personifications of poetry and musicπŸ‘€ Attis Phrygian attendant of CybeleπŸ‘€ Sabazios Phrygian god often associated with Dionysos or ZeusπŸ‘€ Artemis Olympian goddessπŸ‘₯ the Dogs of ArtemisπŸ›οΈ the Cave of Pan (Arcadia)🌍 Iberia (W. Europe) region now Spain and Portugal🌍 Hispania (alt. Iberia) alternative name for IberiaπŸ‘€ Maron priest of ApolloπŸ‘€ Triptolemos Eleusinian, spreader of agriculture🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictionalπŸ‘€ Anubis Egyptian godπŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian godπŸ‘€ Macedon (s. of Osiris) eponym of Macedonia in Diodoros, likely represents the Egyptian wolf-god Wepwawet🌍 Panopolis (Egypt) city in EgyptπŸ‘₯ the Charites personifications of grace, sometimes singular ('Charis')πŸ‘€ Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'πŸ‘€ Min Egyptian godπŸ‘€ Syrinx pursued by Pan🌍 River Ladon (Arcadia) river in Arcadia🌍 Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia🌍 Mendes (Egypt) city in EgyptπŸ‘€ Ariadne daughter of MinosπŸ‘€ Eros personification of loveπŸ‘€ Selene personification of the moonπŸ‘€ Hermaphroditos child of AphroditeπŸ‘€ Actaion devoured by his own dogsπŸ‘€ Semele mother of Dionysos by ZeusπŸ‘₯ the Dogs of Actaion who kill their masterπŸ‘€ Lyssa personification of madnessπŸ‘€ Hyagnis (Phrygian) poet, inventor of the auloi🌍 Malea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly) mountain in ThessalyπŸ‘€ Cerambos transformed into a beetle🏺 the Lyre of Apollo made by Hermes🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) mountain in Asia MinorπŸ‘€ Midas king of the Phrygians, son of GordiosπŸ‘€ Tmolos (mountain god) personification of Mount TmolosπŸ‘€ Priapos minor rustic fertility god🌍 Latium (Italy) region in central Italy around RomeπŸ‘€ Pomona Latin wood-nymphπŸ‘€ Vertumnus Etruscan nature deityπŸ‘€ Atreus son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and MenelaosπŸ‘€ the Golden Lamb of Atreus associated with rule at Mycenae🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student of MarsyasπŸ‘€ Oinone (Trojan) daughter of Cebren, wife of AlexanderπŸ‘₯ the Suitors of Penelope on Ithaca reside in Odysseus' Palace on IthacaπŸ›οΈ the Altar of Pan at Sicyon at Sicyon, near the Sanctuary of Hera, built by Adrastos
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.4.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.38πŸ“– Pausanias 1.28.4πŸ“– Pausanias 2.24.6πŸ“– Pausanias 2.10.2πŸ“– Pausanias 8.26.2πŸ“– Pausanias 8.30.2-8.30.3πŸ“– Pausanias 8.31.3πŸ“– Pausanias 1.44.9πŸ“– Pausanias 8.24.3πŸ“– Pausanias 8.36.7πŸ“– Pausanias 8.36.8πŸ“– Pausanias 8.37.11-8.37.12πŸ“– Pausanias 8.38.11πŸ“– Pausanias 2.32.6πŸ“– Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.4πŸ“– Pausanias 5.15.6-5.15.9πŸ“– Pausanias 8.53.11πŸ“– Pausanias 8.54.4πŸ“– Pausanias 8.54.6πŸ“– Pausanias 10.32.7πŸ“– Pausanias 8.30.6-8.30.7πŸ“– Pausanias 1.32.7πŸ“– Pausanias 1.36.2πŸ“– Pausanias 1.34.3πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan 1-49πŸ“– Sophocles, Aias 693-730πŸ“– Exerpta Vaticana 11πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.3 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.4 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 10.1-2 MacLeodπŸ“– Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 25πŸ“– Lucian, Dionysos 1-4πŸ“– Lucian, Dionysos 6πŸ“– Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4πŸ“– Lucian, Icaromenippus 27πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 87-97πŸ“– Lucian, The Double Indictment 9πŸ“– Lucian, The Double Indictment 12πŸ“– Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 48πŸ“– Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.18.1-1.18.6πŸ“– Pindar fr. 95 Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Pindar fr. 96 Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.689-1.721πŸ“– Strabo 17.1.16-17.1.19πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 10πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 2πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 4πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.384-3.393βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)πŸ“– Callimachus fr. 689 PfeifferπŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 22πŸ“– Thespis FragTrag fr. 4 = fr. 4 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.146-11.193πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.609-14.653πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.12.1-1.12.10πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.25.1-1.25.2πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 699-746πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 3.8πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 36.35πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 7.204πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 5πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1435.47-1435.58
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryApollodoros, EpitomePausanias Homeric Hymn 19 to PanSophocles, Aias Exerpta VaticanaLucian, Dialogues of the GodsHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, DionysosLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, IcaromenippusCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisLucian, The Double IndictmentLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, The DancePs-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryPindarOvid, MetamorphosesStraboVergil, EcloguesVergil, GeorgicsCallimachusAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesThespisEuripides, ElectraPliny, Natural HistoryOvid, HeroidesEustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
    Depictions
    πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Zeus Aphesios (Megarid)πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Amphiaraos at Oropos
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
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