Penelope (mother of Pan)
In Greek mythology, various authors describe Pan as the daughter of Hermes and Penelope ( ; , Pēnelópē). This Penelope is apparently the same person as Penelope, the wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey. It has been suggested, however, that the Penelope given as Pan's mother is a nymph, and a separate figure to Odysseus' wife. Alternatively, Pindar and Hecataeus state that she is Pan's mother by Apollo, while according to the historian Duris of Samos, the birth of Pan is the result of her sleeping with all of her suitors. See also Coronis (lover of Apollo) Notes References Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Bowra, Cecil Maurice, Pindari carmina: cum fragmentis, Oxford, E. Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1947. Internet Archive. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, De Natura Deorum in Cicero: On the Nature of the Gods. Academics, translated by H. Rackham, Loeb Classical Library No. 268, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, first published 1933, revised 1951. . Online version at Harvard University Press. Internet Archive. Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to