Limestone statuette of Pan or Opaon Melanthios

Cypriot

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This figure with the horns and ears of a goat wears an animal skin and holds a syrinx (double pipes) and a pedum (shepherd's crook). Images of this type first appeared in Cypriot sanctuaries during the Hellenistic period. They may represent Pan, the Greek god who protected herdsmen and shepherds, or they may be associated with Opaon Melanthios, a Cypriot deity of rural life and fertility, who is known from inscriptions.

Limestone statuette of Pan or Opaon Melanthios, Limestone, Cypriot

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Limestone statuette of Pan or Opaon Melanthios, Limestone, Cypriot
Limestone statuette of Pan or Opaon Melanthios, Limestone, Cypriot

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