Greek Museum Reproductions

A God of shepherds and flocks, he was depicted with a reed pipe, a shepherd's crook and being half-man half-goat, with horns, a goat's beard and goat legs. He persoifies humanity's animal nature. He was a poular God, through never part of the official Olympian pantheon. Pan has much in common with Dionysos in that he is associated with wine, sex, and passion in general. A Homeric hymn says that he was the son Hermes by a daughter of Dryops. Pan's mother was freightened by her monstrous offspring, so Hermes took him to Olympus. The Gods were delighted with the child, especially Dionysos, and he was given the name Pan because he made them all happy. (In Greek Pan means "All").

Material: Casting Stone

Finish: Bronze

Greek: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 500 B.C.

Size: 10.5"H