It was found on the Aegean island of Delos in the early twentieth century, and is now housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens with inventory number 3335.

The statue was made around 100 BC, by a man named Dionysius, according to the inscription: Διονύσιος Ζήνωνος τοῦ Θεοδώρου Βηρύτιος, εὐεργέτης, ὐπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τέκνων, θεοῖς πατρίοις.

The marble group was discovered on the island of Delos in 1904, in a room of the Hall of the Guild of the Poseidoniasts (the worshippers of the sea-god Poseidon) from Beirut in modern-day Lebanon.

[1][2] Pan's muscular body and prominent veins, particularly seen on his left arm, also illustrate the animalistic nature of the god, as he tries to get Aphrodite to engage in sexual acts with him, which she rejects.

Aphrodite's winged little son Eros, the god of romantic love, is similarly trying to assist his mother fight off her assaulter by grasping Pan's right horn and pushing him away.