Faunus

American  

[faw-nuhs] / ˈfɔ nəs /

noun

1. an ancient Italian woodland deity, later identified with Pan.

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Faunus British  

/ ˈfɔːnəs /

noun

1. an ancient Italian deity of pastures and forests, later identified with the Greek Pan

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Faunus

He felt convinced that Aeneas was the son-in-law Faunus had predicted, and he said as much to the envoys.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Early in the second century Ennius translated the Sacred Histories of Euhemerus, and familiarised his countrymen with a theory which reduced Jupiter and Saturn, Faunus and Hercules, to the stature of earthly kings and warriors.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Faunus who lov'st, thro' woodland glade, To pursue the Sylvan maid, Pass propitious now, I pray, Where my tender lambkins stray: Let each field and mountain high, Own thy genial presence nigh.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

The series amounts only to four, Latinus, Faunus, Picus, Saturn.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob

Wife of Faunus; a rural divinity of the Romans, 301.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)