Darrhon or Darron () was a Paeonian god of healing, whose cult was adopted by the ancient Macedonians, as mentioned by Hesychius, as a Macedonian minor god. He is attested hapax in one inscription from Pella, 200–150 BC:Epigraphical Database
Excavations have revealed a sanctuary of Darrhon in the site of ancient Pella.Stamatopoulou and Yeroulanou, p. 88 It has been argued that while Darrhon was initially a minor deity, he was later identified and worshiped as Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine.Macedonian Issues: Darron
Etymology It has been suggested that "Darrhon" is a Macedonian-styled name of Greek participle θαρρῶν tharrhon,http://www.heinrich-tischner.de Δ meaning "giving courage, making bold". Θάρρων, Tharrhon, is an Eretrian eponym.Eretria — early 3rd century BC Line 8 Alternatively, his name might be derived from the Thracian tribe of Derrones in the north part of the Strymon valley, compare Apollo Derenus in Abdera.Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre by Ian Rutherford
See also
Apollo Eileithyia Hygeia Panacea
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