Nina Lyon

The Great God Pan is all things to all men

Paul Robichaud explores the goat-man of antiquity’s many forms, including a proto-Christ figure and a semi-female devil

Pan by E. Louis Lessieux. [Alamy]

  • Pan: The Great God’s Modern Return

    Paul Robichaud

    Reaktion, pp. 344, £16

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