Facts about Syrinx

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   A chaste follower of Artemis, Syrinx was a devoted huntress nymph who took a vow of virginity, mirroring the goddess she served.

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   Ovid's Metamorphoses contains one of the most detailed surviving literary accounts of Syrinx's transformation, depicting Pan sorrowfully breathing across the reeds.

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   Pan crafted the first pan pipes, called syrinx, by cutting and binding together reeds of unequal length after the transformation of the nymph.

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   Arcadia is the setting where Syrinx, fleeing Pan's pursuit, reached the river Ladon and called upon its water nymphs for help.

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   The pan flute, a wind instrument made from reeds of graduated lengths, takes its name from the myth of Syrinx and Pan.

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   In Greek mythology, Syrinx was a naiad nymph who was transformed into hollow water reeds by her sisters to escape the pursuit of the god Pan.

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