Darrhon

Darrhon

Darrhon

Paeonian god of healing

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

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

Notes

  1. [1]
    King, Carol J., ed. (2017). Ancient Macedonia. Routledge. p. 14.
  2. [2]
    Epigraphical Database
  3. [3]
    Feminine Name
  4. [4]
    Stamatopoulou and Yeroulanou, p. 88
  5. [5]
    Macedonian Issues: Darron
  6. [6]
    http://www.heinrich-tischner.de Δ Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    Eretria — early 3rd century BC Line 8
  8. [8]
    Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre by Ian Rutherford
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