Daphnis
Daphnis was a young boy, a son of Hermes, who was accepted by and became a follower of the goddess Artemis. Daphnis would often accompany her in hunting and entertain her with his singing of pastoral songs and playing of the panpipes.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology.
Relationships
- allied with
- Artemis (Diana)
- serves
- Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- Meliboeus, Tityrus, Timetas, Astynome, Iapetus, Scamandrius, Bouphagos, Broteas, Echenais, Nomia, Ge, Siproites, Ares, Hermes, Calydon, Aphrodite, Marsyas
- student of
- Artemis (Diana), Pan
- child of
- Hermes
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Daphnis was a young boy, a son of Hermes, who was accepted by and became a follower of the goddess Artemis; Daphnis would often accompany her in hunting and entertain her with his singing of pastoral songs and playing of the panpipes.”
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“the threnody on Meliboeus recalls the praises of Daphnis in Virgil's Eclogue V.”
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“Daphnis is the subject of Theocritus's first Idyll, which describes his death. Virgil's Fifth Eclogue contains two songs sung by herdsmen, one lamenting the death of Daphnis, and the other celebrating his acceptance into heaven as a god.”
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