The Pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue (1803) (14774527351)

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Title: The Pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Pomey, François, 1618-1673 Tooke, Andrew, 1673-1732, tr
Subjects: Mythology, Classical
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Johnson (etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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iaggy, with goats feet and horfestails ? M* Why not, fince they have attained to that ho-nour ? Firft, let us examine the prince of them all, Pan, Pan is called by that name, either, as fome tell us, * becaufe he was the fon of Penelope by all her wooers ;or, b becaufe he exhilarated the minds of all the Godswith the mufic of the pipe, which he invented ; and bythe harmony of the cithern, upon which he played fkil-fully as foon as he was born. Or, perhaps, he is call-ed Pan, c becaufe he governs the affairs of the unlverfalworld by his mind, as he reprefents it by his body, aswe .(hall fee by and by. The Latins called him Inuus and Incubus, the night**mare; d becaufe he ufes carnality with all creatures. And at Rome he was worfhipped, and called e Lu~percus and Lyceus. To his honour a temple was built a A ftzrav omne, quod ex omnium procorum congreflu cum Pene-Icpe fit natus. Samius. b Horn, in Hymn. c Pbutnnt. d Ah inewndd pa dim cum omnibus animalibus. Serv. in J¥mu * Jaitin. L 4j.
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( 177 ) at the foot of the Palatine hill, and fefHvals called Lu-percalia were inftituted, in which his priefts, the Lu~perci) ran about the itreets naked. SECT. 2. THE DESCENT OF PAN. His defcent is uncertain; but the common, opinionis, that he was -born of Mercury and Penelope, a Forwhen Mercury fell violently in, love with her, and triedin vain to move her, at lair, by changing hirpfelf intoa very white goat, he obtained his dehre, and begatPan of her, when fhe kept the fheep of her father lca~rius in the ixfount Taygetur. Pan^ after he was born,b was lapt up in the fkin of a hare, and carried to hea-ven. But why do I here detain you with words ? Lookupon the image of him. SECT. 3. THE IMAGE OF PAN. P. Is that Pan? c that horned half goat, that refem- bles a bead rather than a man, much lefs a God ; whom I fee defcribed with a fmiling ruddy face, and two horns: his nofe is flat, his beard comes down to his breaff, his fkin is fpotted, and he has the tail, thighs, legs, and feet of