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 Daemon and attested hapax in one inscription of Pella c. 200 – 150 BC.[2]
Ἀμφίπολις Δάρρωνι εὐξαμένη ἐπηκόωι. Amphipolis Darrhoni euxamene epekooi. Amphipolis[3] who prayed to benevolent Darrhon.
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
[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
- ^ Feminine 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 [1] by Ian Rutherford