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<p> '''''daf´nē̇''''' ( Δάφνη , <i> '''''Dáphnē''''' </i> , "bay-tree"): A suburb of [[Antioch]] on the Orontes, according to [[Strabo]] and the [[Jerusalem]] itinerary, about 40 furlongs, or 5 miles distant. It is identified with <i> '''''Beit el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Mā''''' </i> ) on the left bank of the river, to the Southwest of the city. Here were the famous grove and sanctuary of Apollo. The grove and shrine owed their origin to [[Seleucus]] Nicator. It was a place of great natural beauty, and the Seleucid kings spared no outlay in adding to its attractions. The precincts enjoyed the right of asylum. Hither fled [[Onias]] the high priest (171 bc) from the wrath of [[Menelaus]] whom he had offended by plain speech. To the disgust and indignation of Jew and [[Gentile]] alike, he was lured from the sanctuary by [[Andronicus]] and basely put to death (2 Macc 4:33-38). It sheltered fugitives dyed with villainy of every shade. It was the great pleasure resort of the citizens of Antioch; and it gained an evil repute for immorality, as witnessed by the proverbial <i> Daphnici mores. In Tiberim defluxit [[Orontes]] </i> , says [[Juvenal]] (iii.62), indicating one main source of the corruption that demoralized the imperial city. The decline of [[Daphne]] dates from the days of [[Christian]] ascendancy in the reign of Julian. The place is still musical with fountains and luxuriant with wild vegetation; but nothing now remains to suggest its former splendor. See [[Antioch]]; Gibbon, <i> [[Decline]] and Fall </i> , chapter xxiii. </p>

<p> '''''daf´nē̇''''' ( Δάφνη , <i> '''''Dáphnē''''' </i> , "bay-tree"): A suburb of [[Antioch]] on the Orontes, according to [[Strabo]] and the [[Jerusalem]] itinerary, about 40 furlongs, or 5 miles distant. It is identified with <i> '''''Beit el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Mā''''' </i> ) on the left bank of the river, to the Southwest of the city. Here were the famous grove and sanctuary of Apollo. The grove and shrine owed their origin to [[Seleucus]] Nicator. It was a place of great natural beauty, and the Seleucid kings spared no outlay in adding to its attractions. The precincts enjoyed the right of asylum. Hither fled [[Onias]] the high priest (171 bc) from the wrath of [[Menelaus]] whom he had offended by plain speech. To the disgust and indignation of Jew and [[Gentile]] alike, he was lured from the sanctuary by [[Andronicus]] and basely put to death (2 Macc 4:33-38). It sheltered fugitives dyed with villainy of every shade. It was the great pleasure resort of the citizens of Antioch; and it gained an evil repute for immorality, as witnessed by the proverbial <i> Daphnici mores. In Tiberim defluxit [[Orontes]] </i> , says [[Juvenal]] (iii.62), indicating one main source of the corruption that demoralized the imperial city. The decline of [[Daphne]] dates from the days of [[Christian]] ascendancy in the reign of Julian. The place is still musical with fountains and luxuriant with wild vegetation; but nothing now remains to suggest its former splendor. See [[Antioch]]; Gibbon, <i> [[Decline]] and Fall </i> , chapter xxiii. </p>