Pan

Role: god · First appears: Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan

From his birth, Pan was the son of Hermes and the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops, described as a merry-laughing child with goat’s feet and two horns. Then Hermes carried him to the gods and showed him to them; they named the boy Pan because he delighted their hearts.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hermes and the daughter of Dryops had a son, Pan.(Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan)
  • With: Hermes the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops (Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan)
  • “And in the house she bare Hermes a dear son who from his birth was marvellous to look upon, with goat’s feet and two horns—a noisy, merry-laughing child.”
• Hermes carried Pan to the gods and showed him to them.(Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan)
  • With: Hermes
  • “And he went quickly to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying the son wrapped in warm skins of mountain hares, and set him down beside Zeus and showed him to the rest of the gods.”
• The gods named the boy Pan.(Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan)
  • “and they called the boy Pan because he delighted all their hearts.”

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan

• parent: Hermes “Muse, tell me about Pan, the dear son of Hermes, with his goat’s feet and two horns—a lover of merry noise.”
• parent: the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops (Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan) “And in the house she bare Hermes a dear son who from his birth was marvellous to look upon, with goat’s feet and two horns—a noisy, merry-laughing child.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.