Darrhon
Darrhon or Darron (Ancient Greek: Δάῤῥων) was a Paeonian[1] god of healing, whose cult was adopted by the ancient Macedonians, as mentioned by Hesychius, as a Macedonian minor god. He is attested hapax in one inscription from Pella, c. 200–150 BC:[2]
Ἀμφίπολις Δάρρωνι εὐξαμένη ἐπηκόωι.
Amphípolis Dárrhōni euxaménē epēkóōi
Amphipolis[3] who prayed to benevolent Darrhon.
Excavations have revealed a sanctuary of Darrhon in the site of ancient Pella.[4] It has been argued that while Darrhon was initially a minor deity, he was later identified and worshiped as Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine.[5]
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ King, Carol J., ed. (2017). Ancient Macedonia. Routledge. p. 14.
- ↑ Epigraphical Database
- ↑ Woman's name.
- ↑ Stamatopoulou and Yeroulanou, p. 88
- ↑ Macedonian Issues: Darron
- ↑ http://www.heinrich-tischner.de Δ Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Eretria — early 3rd century BC Line 8
- ↑ Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre by Ian Rutherford