# Pan — The Eclogues character guide

> Pan in The Eclogues by Virgil.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-pastoral-i-tityrus-and-meliboeus

## Who they are

The god of the wild, invoked by shepherds and associated with Arcadian music.

## Relationships

### [Gallus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/characters/gallus)

_friendship_

Gallus is visited and consoled by the god Pan, who offers him poetic advice and comfort in his lovesick despair.

### [Amyntas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/characters/amyntas)

_professional_

Amyntas venerates the god Pan as a patron of shepherds, seeking his blessing for flocks and songs.

### [Daphnis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/characters/daphnis)

_professional_

Daphnis, as a shepherd, honors and invokes the god Pan for protection and inspiration in his pastoral life.

## In the story

### [Pastoral IV: Pollio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/chapters/pastoral-iv-pollio)

Referenced as a god of verse who would be judged inferior if he contended in song about the child.

### [Pastoral X: Gallus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/chapters/pastoral-x-gallus)

Arrives with vermilion cheeks and temples, advising Gallus that love is not satisfied by tears.

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