Darrhon
Template:Short description Darrhon or Darron (Template:Langx) was a Paeonian[1] god of healing, whose cult was adopted by the ancient Macedonians, as mentioned by Hesychius as a Macedonian Daemon and attested hapax in one inscription of Pella c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 150 BC.[2]
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Ἀμφίπολις Δάρρωνι εὐξαμένη ἐπηκόωι. Amphipolis Darrhoni euxamene epekooi. Amphipolis[3] who prayed to benevolent Darrhon.
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Excavations revealed a sanctuary of Darrhon in ancient Pella.[4] It has been argued that while Darrhon (Greek:Δάῤῥων) was initially a minor deity, he was later identified and worshiped as Asclepius.[5]
Etymology
It has been suggested that "Darrhon" is a Macedonian-styled name of Greek participle θαρρῶν tharrhon,[6] meaning "giving courage, making bold". Θάρρων, Tharrhon, is an Eretrian eponym.[7] Alternatively, his name might be derived from the Thracian tribe of Derrones in the north part of the Strymon valley, compare Apollo Derenus in Abdera[8]
See also
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Notes
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- ↑ Epigraphical Database
- ↑ Feminine Name
- ↑ Stamatopoulou and Yeroulanou, p. 88
- ↑ Macedonian Issues: Darron
- ↑ http://www.heinrich-tischner.de Δ Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Eretria — early 3rd century BC Line 8
- ↑ Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre [1] by Ian Rutherford
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