TIm  goai-farmad  Mendes  of  E^ypt  waa  now  regarded
•a  identical  with  tbe  horned  amTgoat-fboted  godef
Arcadian  herdsmen  {Htnd.,  2,  M) ;  and  Pan  was  eU
•Ttfed  to  great  dignity  by  prieata  and  (^loaopherB,  be-
coMing  a  symbol  of  the  wmtrte,  for  bis  name  signt-
isd  €■.  Moreover,  aa  be  dwelt  in  the  woods,  he-was
etlM''L0rrfo^fA«fyfe"<'Or$r«;iWKt!ptof);  and
as  the  void  (AAv),  by  «  lucky  ambiguity,  aigni-
fiad  either  tsosd  oc  frimUtae  astUMr,  ibia  waa  another
gronnd  foreuking.hin.  It  is  amaaing  w  read  bow
aU  tbe  attiibatea  of  the  Anadian  god  were  made  to
•ecord  with  this  notion.  •*  Pwa,"  aaya  Serriea,  "  is  a
luetic  gnd,  fonned  in  eimilitnde  Af  natare,  whracs  he
H  enlled  Pan,  i.  «;,  AH:  for  be  bai  home,  in  atmili-
tod«  of  the  rava  ef  the  eun  and  the  horna  of  lha  moon ;
Ua  &00  ta  raddy,  in  imitation  of  tbe  ctbor ;  ho  has  a
•petted  fawailtin  upon  his  hreaat,  in  liken^as  of  the
stars ;  hia  lower  pens  are  shaggy,  on  acrount  of  the
Irsoa,  shrvbs,  and  wild  .beasts ;  bs  baa  goat's  feet,  |o
denote  the  aubility  of  the  earth ;  he  baa  a  pipe  of
aoven  rende,  on  sceoont  of  the  harmony  of  the  keav-
ms,  in  whish  dMn  arasovMi  aounda;  Mbaancmok,
dMt  4a,  •  enrvnl  staff,  on  seemmt  of  the  year,  which
ruK  bade  M  itself,  becauae  he  ia  the  god  of  all  nature,
b  is  faignsd  by  the  noeu  that  be  sUuggled  with  Lo«c.
