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The Egyptian god that the Greeks equated with Pan.
Herodotus (Histories, book 2, chapter 46) explained that the Egyptians did not sacrifice goats because of their worship of Mendes, i.e. Pan, the goat-god; Mendes was one of the original eight gods worshiped by the Egyptians and was introduced into the Greek religion by the Egyptians.
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