Pan’s sanctuary on the Pnyx hill in Athens | Photo C messier on Wikimedia Commons. Rabelais, in the fourth book of the series on Gargantua and Pantagruel published in 1552, recalls Plutarch’s story, ...

In Greek mythology Pan was the god of the wild, shepherds, and flocks; and he was usually shown in the form of a faun or satyr with the hind-legs, hooves, and horns.

The mosaic, which is in "an excellent state of conservation," measures 3.3 feet (1.13 meters) wide and was made using pebbles of different colors laid out in a pattern to depict two male satyrs ...

Construction workers discovered a mosaic floor from the 4th century B.C.E. while installing underground water pipelines in Eretria, a Greek town north of Athens. The mosaic, made of white, black ...