パンの怒号は、人里離れた場所での昼寝を妨げ、パニック(panikon deima)を引き起こした<ref>http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Pan_%28mythology%29/, Pan (mythology) – Discussion and Encyclopedia Article. Who is Pan (mythology)? What is Pan (mythology)? Where is Pan (mythology)? Definition of Pan (mythology). Meaning of Pan (mythology), Knowledgerush.com, 2012-08-13, https://web.archive.org/web/20121010181338/http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Pan_(mythology)/, 10 October 2012</ref><ref>Robert Graves,''The Greek Myths'', p.101</ref>。巨人がオリンポスを攻撃した後、パーンが攻撃者を怖がらせたので、神々が勝利したと主張された。マラトンの戦い(紀元前490年)において、パーンはアテネ軍を寵愛し、敵であるペルシャ軍の心にパニックを起こさせたと言われている<ref name="EB1911">Pan (mythology), Pan, volume20, pages662–663</ref>。
=== Music 音楽 ===[[File:Sweet, piercing sweet was the music of Pan's pipe.jpg|thumb|left|"Sweet, piercing sweet was the music of Pan's pipe" reads the caption on this depiction of Pan (by [[Walter Crane]])]]
In two late Roman sources, [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'', 191 ([http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Pan.html#Apollon on-line source]).</ref> and [[Ovid]],<ref>Ovid, ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', 11.146ff ([http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Pan.html#Apollon on-line source]).</ref> Pan is substituted for the satyr [[Marsyas]] in the theme of a musical competition (''[[agon]]''), and the punishment by flaying is omitted.