What Greek Myth Is the Origin of ‘Panic’?
In Greek mythology, Pan was a fertility deity said to roam freely in the mountains, caves, and forests of Greece. Faunlike in appearance, he was typically represented as mostly human in form but with the horns, legs, and ears of a goat. As the patron of shepherds, Pan concerned himself
with flocks and herds of pastoral animals. He was also a free-spirited — and notoriously lusty — god of the wilds, who enjoyed dancing in the moonlight with the nymphs and playing his eponymous panpipe. As a god of nature and protector of animals, Pan can be seen as a...
