“With hymns divine the joyous banquet ends,
The Pæans lengthened till the sun descends.”
Pope.
Palæ′mon, or Melicerta, a sea-god, son of Athamas and Ino.
Pa′les. The goddess of shepherds and protectress of flocks; her festivals were called Palilia.
“Pomona loves the orchard,
And Liber loves the wine,
And Pales loves the straw-built shed,
Warm with the breath of kine.”
Macaulay.