PAN, (77av,) the great god of flocks and shepherds among the 

 Greeks; his name is probably connected with the verb TTGCW, Lat. 

 pasco, (to feed,) so that his name and character are perfectly in 

 accordance with each other. There are later speculations, according 

 to which Pan is the same as TO Tray, or the universe, and the god the 

 symbol of the universe. He is described as a son of Hermes, by the 

 daughter of Dryops, (Horn. Hymn., vii. 34,) or as the son of Hermes, 

 by Penelope. Some, again, call him the son of Aether and Oeneis, 

 or a Nereid, or a son of Uranus and Ge. From his being a grandson 

 or great grandson of Cronos, he is called xpovioq. (Eurip. Rhes. 36.) 

 He was, from his birth, perfectly developed, and had the same appear- 

 ance as afterwards that is, he had his horns, beard, puck nose, 

 tail, goat's feet, and was covered with hair, so that his mother ran 

 away with fear when she saw him; but Hermes carried him into 

 Olympus, where all (Travre?) the gods were delighted with him, and 

 especially Dionysus. (Horn. Hymn., vii. 36, etc., comp. sil. Ital., 

 xiii. 332; Lucian, Dial. Dcor 22.) He was brought up by nymphs. 

 (Paus., viii. 30, 2.) The principal seat of his worship was Arcadia, 

 and from thence it spread over other parts of Greece. In Arcadia 

 he was the god of forests, pastures, flocks, shepherds, and huntsmen, 

 dwelling in grottoes, and wandering on the summits of mountains 

 and rocks. As the god of everything connected with pastoral life, 

 he was fond of music, and invented the shepherd's flute. He was 

 possessed of prophetic powers, and instructed Apollo in this art. Fir 

 trees were sacred to him; and the sacrifices offered to him consisted 

 of cows, rams, lambs, milk, and honey. (Theocrit., v. 58; Anthol. 

 Palat., ii. 630, 697, vi. 96, 239, vii. 59.) Greek and Roman Mythol- 

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