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Pan-Matthew Probert's Encyclopedia. Image Used With Permission. Pan was the god of herds, flocks, fertility, forests, and wildlife. He is known to be a formidable musician, and even challenged the god Apollo to a contest. Pan's instrument of choice was known as the Syrinx. This was a flute that consisted of seven descending sized reeds placed size by side.

Birth: Arcadia

Name Meaning: Feeder of Flocks

Depicted: He is usually depicted as being half-goat and half-man.

Father: Hermes

Mother: Penelope

Children: Latinus, Silenus

Lovers: Selene, Pitys, Syrinx

Other Name: Faunus

Special Object: Syrinx (Pipe)

Cult Center: Arcadia, Athens

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