Herodotus, The Histories, Book 6, chapter 105

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While still in the city, the generals first sent to Sparta the herald Philippides, an Athenian and a long-distance runner who made that his calling. As Philippides himself said when he brought the message to the Athenians, when he was in the Parthenian mountain above Tegea he encountered Pan. [2] Pan called out Philippides' name and bade him ask the Athenians why they paid him no attention, though he was of goodwill to the Athenians, had often been of service to them, and would be in the future. [3] The Athenians believed that these things were true, and when they became prosperous they established a sacred precinct of Pan beneath the Acropolis. Ever since that message they propitiate him with annual sacrifices and a torch-race.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Commentary references to this page (2):
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 335e
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXII
Cross-references to this page (11):
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, TEGEA Arkadia, Greece.
- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, Von den Adjektiven und Participien insbesondere.
- Harper's, Hemerodrŏmi
- Harper's, Phidippĭdes
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), CURSUS PUBLICUS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), HEMERO´DROMI
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), LAMPADEDRO´MIA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ATHE´NAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PARTHE´NIUM
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TE´GEA
- Smith's Bio, Pan
Cross-references in notes to this page (3):
- Plato, Protagoras, Plat. Prot. 335e
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, Clash Between Greeks and Persians
- Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns, HYMN TO PAN
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (12):
- LSJ, Πάν
- LSJ, ἄλλως
- LSJ, ἐπέτειος
- LSJ, ἐπιμέλ-εια
- LSJ, ἡμέρο-ας
- LSJ, ἱδρ-ύω
- LSJ, λαμπάς
- LSJ, μελετ-άω
- LSJ, περιπίπτω
- LSJ, θυ^σί-α
- LSJ, ὑπέρ
- LSJ, ὑπό

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