Editing Syrinx (section)

=== In literature ===
The story became popular among artists and writers in the 19th century. Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote a poem entitled "A Musical Instrument" describing Pan's ruinous actions in creating the musical pipes. The Victorian artist and poet [[Thomas Woolner]] wrote ''Silenus'', a long narrative poem about the myth, in which Syrinx becomes the lover of [[Silenus]], but drowns when she attempts to escape rape by Pan. As a result of the crime, Pan is transmuted into a demon figure and Silenus becomes a drunkard.<ref>Thomas Woolner, ''Silenus'', Macmillan, 1884.</ref> [[Amy Clampitt]]'s poem ''Syrinx'' refers to the myth by relating the whispering of the reeds to the difficulties of language.

[[File:Pan_Pursuing_Syrinx_LACMA_AC1992.225.2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|''Pan Pursuing Syrinx'' by Ignaz Elhafen, c. 1690–1695, LACMA.]]

The story was used as a central theme by Aifric Mac Aodha in her poetry collection ''Gabháil Syrinx''.

[[Samuel R. Delany]] features an instrument called a syrynx in his science-fiction novel [[Nova (novel)|''Nova'']].

Syrinx is the name of one of the main characters in [[the Night's Dawn Trilogy]] of [[space opera]] novels by British author [[Peter F. Hamilton]]. In the trilogy, Syrinx is a member of the transhumanist future society known as Edenism, and serves as the captain of the ''Oenone'', a living starship.

A 1972 poem by [[James Merrill]], titled "Syrinx", draws on several aspects on the mythological tale, with the poet himself identifying with the celebrated nymph, desiring to become not just a "reed" but a "thinking reed" (in contrast to a "thinking stone", as critic [[Helen Vendler]] has observed, noting the influence of a [[Wallace Stevens]] lyric, "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle").<ref name=Merrill/> The poet aspires to return to his "scarred case" with minimal suffering inflicted by "the great god Pain", a play of words on the Greek god [[Pan (god)|Pan]]. "Syrinx" is the final poem in Merrill's 1972 collection, ''[[Braving the Elements]]''.<ref name=Merrill>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|date=September 24, 1972|first=Helen|last=Vendler|access-date=March 25, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/04/specials/merrill-elements.html|title=New Merrill}}</ref>