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5—30. the lofty rock, calling upon Pan, the god of shepherds, with beauteous hair, [yet] squalid, who has been allotted every snow-capped height, and the summits and rocky heads of mountains. And he goes hither and thither through the dense thickets, sometimes allured by the gentle streams, but sometimes again he passes over the sun-traversed mountains, ascending the loftiest height that overlooks the flocks, and oftentimes he runs over the long hoary mountain-ranges, and oftentimes he passes through the feet of the hills, slaying wild beasts, looking sharply about. And then he drives his sheep into their cave, returning from the chase, playing a sweet song on the reeds. Him not even the bird, which pouring forth her song among the leaves of flowery spring, pours forth a sweet lay, would surpass in song. And with him then the sweet-songed mountain-nymphs, coming frequently on foot to the dark-watered fountain, raise the song, and the echo sounds around the height of the mountain. And the god going hither and thither in the midst of the dances, moves frequently with his feet. But on his back he wears the blood-stained skin of a lynx, delighting his mind with sweet lays in the soft meadow, where the crocus and fragrant hyacinth flourishing are mingled with abundant grass. And they hymn the blessed gods and mighty Olympus, as, for instance, beneficial Mercury above all, how he is the swift messenger of all the gods. And he indeed came into many-rilled Arcadia, the