Darrhon or Darron (Ancient Greek: Δάῤῥων) was a Paeonian 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.
Ἀμφίπολις Δάρρωνι εὐξαμένη ἐπηκόωι. Amphipolis Darrhoni euxamene epekooi. Amphipolis who prayed to benevolent Darrhon.
Excavations revealed a sanctuary of Darrhon in ancient Pella. It has been argued that while Darrhon (Greek:Δάῤῥων) was initially a minor deity, he was later identified and worshiped as Asclepius.
Etymology
It has been suggested that "Darrhon" is a Macedonian-styled name of Greek participle θαρρῶν tharrhon, meaning "giving courage, making bold". Θάρρων, Tharrhon, is an Eretrian eponym. 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
See also
Notes
- 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 by Ian Rutherford
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