Pan (god) back Zeus' stolen sinews. As a reward the king of the gods placed him amongst the stars as the Constellation Capricorn. The mother of Aegipan, Aix (the goat), was perhaps associated with the constellation Capra. Sybarios was an Italian Pan who was worshipped in the Greek colony of Sybaris in Italy. The Sybarite Pan was conceived when a Sybarite shepherd boy named Krathis copulated with a pretty she-goat amongst his herds. According to the Greek historian Plutarch (in "De defectu oraculorum", "The Obsolescence of Oracles"), Pan is the only Greek god (other than Asclepius) who actually dies. During the reign
Piras (mythology) Piras (mythology) In Greek mythology, Piras (Ancient Greek: Πείραντα) was a king of Argos, otherwise also known as Piren, Peiren (Πειρῆνος), Peiras (Πειράς), Peirasus (Πείρασος) and Piranthus. Piras was the son of Argus and Evadne, daughter of river god Strymon while his brothers were, Ecbasus, Tiryns, Epidaurus, Criasus and according to some, Phorbas also. Piras's wife was Callirrhoe who mothered his sons, Argus, Arestorides and Triopas. According to Hesiod and Acusilaus, Peiren was Io's father while Eusebius mentioned Callithyia as the daughter of Peiranthus. Io may be therefore identical to Callithyia as suggested by Hesychius of Alexandria. Peiras was credited