Pan (Faunus)

Pan in Wikipedia

Pan (Greek Πάν, genitive Πανός), in Greek religion and mythology, is the god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, as well as the companion of the nymphs.[1] His name originates within the Greek language, from the word paein (Πάειν), meaning "to pasture."[2] He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in...

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Pan in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Πάν), the great god of flocks and shepherds among the Greeks; his name is probably connected with the verb πάω. Lat. pasco, so that his name and character are perfectly in accordance with each other. Later speculations, according to which Pan is the same as τὸ πᾶν, or the universe, and the god the symbol of the universe, cannot be taken into ...

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