Editing Pan flute (section)

== Name ==
[[File:Archive-ugent-be-E898690E-0C16-11E3-8D98-58C697481370 DS-24 (2).jpg|left|thumb|The god Pan playing on his Pan flute. Excerpt from the Flemish magazine ''Regenboog''. Draft for the woodcut ''Pan'' of [[Jozef Cantré]]. Published in 1918.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regenboog. Nr.1 Verluid|url=https://lib.ugent.be/viewer/archive.ugent.be:E898690E-0C16-11E3-8D98-58C697481370#?c=&m=&s=&cv=5&xywh=-639,0,5728,3376|access-date=2020-08-31|website=lib.ugent.be}}</ref>]]
The pan flute is named after [[Pan (god)|Pan]], the [[List of Greek deities|Greek god]] of nature and shepherds, often depicted with such an instrument.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/panpipe|title=Panpipe {{!}} musical instrument|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>
[[File:PanandDaphnis.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Pan (god)|Pan]] and [[Daphnis]]&nbsp;– 1st century BC Roman replica of 2nd century BC Greek original]] The pan flute has become widely associated with the character [[Peter Pan]] created by [[Sir James Matthew Barrie]], whose name was inspired by the god Pan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://study.com/academy/answer/what-instrument-does-peter-pan-play.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-05-20 |archive-date=2020-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029224810/https://study.com/academy/answer/what-instrument-does-peter-pan-play.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In [[Greek mythology]], [[Syrinx]] (Σύριγξ) was a forest [[nymph]]. In her attempt to escape the affection of god Pan (a creature half goat and half man), she was transformed into a water-reed or calamos (cane-reed). Then, Pan cut several reeds, placed them in parallel one next to the other, and bound them together to make a melodic musical instrument. Ancient Greeks called this instrument Syrinx, in honour of the Muse, and Pandean, or Pan-pipes and Pan-flute, after Pan. (Syrinx was a different musical instrument from [[Aulos]]. Aulos is often translated as "flute" or "double flute" in English).

The Syrinx, a predominantly pastoral instrument for the Greeks, was adopted by the [[Etruscans]] who played it at their festivals and banquets; the Etruscans called it fistula. The [[Roman people|Romans]] adopted the Syrinx from the Greeks and the Etruscans, and they too played it at their banquets, festivals, as well as in religious and funeral processions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient Roman Music and Roman Musical Instruments {{!}} UNRV |url=https://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-musical-instruments.php |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.unrv.com}}</ref>