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A reference to another Palodes is in Plutarch's De defectu oraculorum ("Obsolescence of Oracles") [2] of which a common reading is that the Greek god Pan is dead. During the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37), Plutarch records, the news of Pan's death came to one Thamus, a sailor on his way to Italy by way of the islands of Paxi. A divine voice ...
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (/ p æ n /; [2] Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. [3]
The Great God Pan is Dead; W. Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208; The Wind in the Willows
The Great God Pan is an 1894 horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Machen was inspired to write The Great God Pan by his experiences at the ruins of a pagan temple in Wales. What would become the first chapter of the novella was published in the magazine The Whirlwind in 1890.
The spring lies close to the 'way of the sea' mentioned by the Book of Isaiah, [9] along which many armies of Antiquity marched. It was certainly an ancient place of great sanctity, and when Hellenised religious influences began to overlay the region, the cult of its local numen gave place to the worship of the Arcadian goat-footed god Pan, to whom the cave was therefore dedicated. [10]
The painting was first exhibited in London in 1911 under the title Pan is dead; the title has been said to suggest "both that Pan has lost his liveliness by being cast into a still sculpture, as well as the possible defeat of Pan by both the innocence of the flowers and the rigid social mores of the Edwardian middle class". [2]
Pages in category "Paintings of Pan (god)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Pan Is Dead (Still Life) Q. The Quarrel of Oberon and ...
Pan loved Pitys, a young nymph, who rejected his love. Pan chased her, but she fled from him, and she disappeared into the arms of Gaia, the earth, turning into a pine tree. In another version, Pitys chose Pan between him and Boreas, and Boreas, in anger, chased her and threw her off a cliff, killing her, thereupon Gaia turned her into a pine tree.