PAN But I won’t disgrace you, father. I’m a musician
and play the pipe loud and true. Dionysus is lost
without me, and has made me his companion and
fellow-reveller; I’m his dance-leader, and if you
could see how many flocks I have around Tegea and
on Parthenium, you’d be delighted. I’m lord and
master of all Arcadia. Besides that, the other day,
I fought so magnificently on the side of the Athenians
at Marathon that a prize of valour was chosen for
me—the cave under the Acropolis.
 Cf. Herodotus, VI, 105, Euripides, Ion , 492 ff., Lucian, Double Indictment 9, and Lover of Lies 3. 
 Anyhow, go
to Athens and you’ll soon find out what a great name
Pan has there. HERMES Tell me, are you married yet, Pan? Pan’s the
name they give you, isn’t it? PAN Of course not, daddy. I’m romantically inclined,
and wouldn’t like to have to confine my attentions
to just one. HERMES No doubt, then, you try your luck with the nanny-goats? PAN A fine jest coming from you! My lady-friends
are Echo and Pitys and all the Maenads of Dionysus,
and I’m in great demand with them. HERMES Please do me a favour, son. I’ve never asked
one from you before. PAN Tell me what you want, daddy, and let me see
to it. HERMES You may come here and pay your respects to me,
but please don’t call me daddy when anyone can hear.