Darrhon

Short description: Paeonian god of healing

Darrhon or Darron (Ancient Greek:) was a Paeonian[1] 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.[2]

“  | Ἀμφίπολις Δάρρωνι εὐξαμένη ἐπηκόωι. Amphipolis Darrhoni euxamene epekooi. Amphipolis[3] who prayed to benevolent Darrhon.  | ”

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Excavations revealed a sanctuary of Darrhon in ancient Pella.[4] It has been argued that while Darrhon (Greek:Δάῤῥων) was initially a minor deity, he was later identified and worshiped as Asclepius.[5]

## Etymology

It has been suggested that "Darrhon" is a Macedonian-styled name of Greek participle θαρρῶν tharrhon,[6] meaning "giving courage, making bold". Θάρρων, Tharrhon, is an Eretrian eponym.[7] 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[8]

## See also

* Apollo
* Eileithyia
* Hygeia
* Panacea

## Notes

1. ↑ King, Carol J., ed (2017). Ancient Macedonia. Routledge. p. 14.
2. ↑ Epigraphical Database
3. ↑ Feminine Name
4. ↑ Stamatopoulou and Yeroulanou, p. 88
5. ↑ Macedonian Issues: Darron
6. ↑ http://www.heinrich-tischner.de Δ
7. ↑ Eretria — early 3rd century BC Line 8
8. ↑ Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre [1] by Ian Rutherford

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