ID: 901001072 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001072	Record Type: Character/Person

	Pan (Greek deity)

Note: In Greek mythology, a fertility deity, more or less bestial in form. He was associated by the Romans with Faunus. Originally an Arcadian deity, his name is a Doric contraction of paon (“pasturer”) but was commonly supposed in antiquity to be connected with pan (“all”). His father was usually said to be Hermes, but a comic invention held that he was the product of an orgy of Odysseus’s wife Penelope with her many suitors. Pan was generally represented as a vigorous and lustful figure having the horns, legs, and ears of a goat; in later art the human parts of his form were much more emphasized. He haunted the high hills, and his chief concern was with flocks and herds, not with agriculture.

Names:

	Pan (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Πάν (Greek deity) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Pan (Greek deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Pan and Syrinx
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Pan and Syrinx (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901000644]

	associated with .... Syrinx
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Syrinx (Greek nymph)) [901000489]

	child of .... Hermes
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hermes (Greek deity)) [901000721]

	counterpart is .... Faunus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Faunus (Ancient Italian deity)) [901001947]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... lust
	.....(negative emotions, emotion, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... fertility
	.....(biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Pan (Greek deity)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015029260
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 92L5 (story of) Pan
	Πάν (Greek deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Pan," accessed 6 July 2017
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)