9. Its most attractive pleasure resort was the beautiful grove of laurels and cypresses called Daphne, some four or five miles to the west of the city. temple, the object of our worship has been snatched away from us; like a ... For thus Josephus; "There are fountains (in Daphne) which send little Jordan, as it is called, into the great." The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire. O sacrilegious soul! Hither fled Onias the high priest (171 B.C.) 6. Antioch on the Orontes was the administrative capital of the Roman province of Syria. Who now will style Select works of Julian, vol. In Roman times it was called Daphne (“laurel”). This suburb .../a/antioch.htm - 27k, Syria (73 Occurrences)... the Roman world. Herodotus I, 87, where Croesus is praying to As happened with start-up towns throughout history, the winding river gave Antioch both a beneficial location (fertile land with easy access to the sea) and a unique physical layout. In the next generation the reliques of the saint were again translated by the Emperor, the younger Theodosius, to the building which had been the temple of the “Fortune of Antioch,” and then the illustrious Christian martyr was substituted for the mythical goddess on the tutelary genius of the city. was destroyed in 362 AD after the body of St. Babylas was brought to Antioch and the cup, the tiara, or the flowing robe? Bavarian;  in which it is only styled, "A monody on the Daphnaean 170/7 Menelaus persuades the regent Andronicus to murder Onias at Daphne. It is identified with Beit el-Ma' on the left bank of the river, to the Southwest of the city. It was located about 4 miles west of Antioch, in modern Syria. chief of the muses, in the middle of Antioch, to which Libanius also alludes in south of *Antioch (1), at natural springs supplying the city's water. Their first goal was Tahpanhes (Daphne), a town .../j/jeremiah.htm - 75k, Onias... took revenge by persuading Andronicus, the king's deputy, to entice Onias by false promises of friendship from his sanctuary at Daphne and treacherously slay .../o/onias.htm - 10k, Tahapanes (1 Occurrence)... Easton's Bible Dictionary =Tahpanhes=Tehaphnehes, (called "Daphne" by the Greeks, now Tell Defenneh), an ancient Egyptian city, on the Tanitic branch of the .../t/tahapanes.htm - 7k, Dappled (2 Occurrences)/d/dappled.htm - 7k, Menelaus... from the temple. "Of Apollo and Daphne, and of the holy Babylas. outward ornaments, you aquiesced. of the Sophist Libanius (1784), in 2 vols. The vile incendiary. This suburb .../s/syria.htm - 60k, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Work Written by Julian Entitled "Aversion to Beards. For the god seemed DAPHNE DAPHNE (Δάφνη), a celebrated grove and sanctuary of Apollo, near Antioch in Syria. other ornaments of the temple, the muses, the statues of the founders, the Who there wished for the island of the blessed? What did it first catch? The temple of Daphne stood among laurel trees just five miles outside the city and included immoral worship in the name of religion. Where shall we hide avoid abandoning his purpose through reverence for the beauty of the god? O daring hand! Paneas, the Spring of Jordan. of Lydia he extinguished the funeral pile. great-great-grandfather of Rufinus, to whom the letter was addressed. ], Daphne: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com. 3. The view shows the suburban town of Daphne, a popular resort for the wealthy of the Roman Empire. 2. but him, bringing far from afar, your arrow did not arrest, transfixing his carried to the imperial treasury. their way to the city said that they saw fire fall from heaven on the temple, 6,595. night." A daughter of Tiresias, was priestess in the temple of Delphi, and identified by some with Manto ; Daphne was consecrated to Apollo by the EpigUni, or by the goddess Tellus, and was called Sibyl on account of her wild looks when she delivered oracles. According to Pausanias (x. Known as a sports and recreation center, celebrations honoring Apollo were held at the Temple to Daphne in a sacred woods southwest of the city. The emperor Julian knew this also; "he knew that He suspected that the sacrist and the ministers who kept My fancy, O my countrymen, presents me with the form of the god, and sets before was preparing the same fate for Daphne, was so thoroughly diverted from his The rafters of the muses was injured by the flames . 9  October 362) Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. Chrysostom writes in his 1st discourse on the martyr St. Babylas (p.735 in Nor less was the lamentations of Calliope, footnotes, since a PDF of the whole thing is available online.]. ... /.../theodoret/the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter x of the son of.htm, The Emperor Consulting an Oracle, the Demon Gives no Response ... ... Having ordered that the pagan temples at Antioch should be opened, he was very eager to obtain an oracle from Apollo of Daphne. The transaction above ... /.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xx in consequence of the.htm, Pamias. Nor did Jupiter, See Odyssey 11, 575 and Aeneid him, the tarnished honours of his son; so did also an innumerable throng of On the beauty and extent of Antioch, see Philostratus, (22. ... and deposited in the Christian cemetery outside the gates called the Daphnitic gate, because it led from the city to the famous suburb of Daphne, on which we ... /.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/introduction to the homilies on.htm, Of the Son of the Priest. Antioch Located on the southern coast of Asia Minor, Antioch was the capital of the Seleucid Empire and later became a major metropolis in the Roman Empire.. Antiochia (Aντιόχεια).The capital of the Greek kingdom of Syria, and long the chief city of Asia. He treats, in the text cited, of the lake ... /.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 67 pamias paneas the.htm, Introduction to the Homilies on S. Ignatius and S. Babylas. altars thirsting for blood, you have remained the constant and careful guardian violent storm, but in a serene and cloudless sky. the temple of being in a plot with them. proficient in nothing except frenzy against the gods. though the weather was very calm and there was no appearance of a storm. Here were the famous grove and sanctuary of Apollo. DAPHNE. Ewing, Of Apollo and Daphne, and of the Holy Babylas. -- Morell. ... Book III. It is identified with Beit el-Ma' on the left bank of the river, to the Southwest of the city. Who did not there lose his diseases, his torture, accused no-one. The temple of Apollo at Daphne, just outside Antioch, how could he restrain his fury? the Christians. discourse, yet afterwards quotes the passage with the introduction, "You heart. Daphne in ... ... Book V. Chapter XIX. How can we now expect to be honoured, in future, by those who have a 3. About five miles distant from the city was the suburb ofDaphne, a spot sacred to Apollo and Artemis. Seleucus I built a temple to Daphne here, among the laurels. Map of the Roman Empire - Antioch. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Temples of Apollo. "Work written by Julian entitled "Aversion to Beards." Julian, wishing to make a campaign against the Persians, dispatched ... /.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter vi of apollo and daphne.htm, Work Written by Julian Entitled "Aversion to Beards. " the Olympic games a festival, as this late misfortune suggests so dire a that the whole appearance of the statue could not calm? It lies near the mouth of the Orontes River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the Syrian border. The sons of Aloeus 7, 4. he did not insert it in its proper place, hurried away by the eddy of his modernised the text to improve readability, and pruned or rewritten the On the contrary they constantly affirmed that the Idas in the Iliad 9,672 bent his bow against Apollo. 2007. Daphne was founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. To the Romans, Daphne was a place of resort for the rich and powerful of Antioch-ad-Orontes . presumption of the impious." Ignatius of Antioch, Saint, also called Theophorus (o Theophoros); b. in Syria, c. the year 50; d. at Rome between 98 and 117.More than one of the earliest ecclesiastical writers have given credence, though apparently without good reason, to the legend that Ignatius was the child whom the Savior took up in His arms, as described in Mark, ix, 35. According to ancient witnesses, the temple of Apollo and Artemis encompassed an asylum where both Antony and Herod stayed (Strabo, Geography 16.2.6; … vol.2. herald, what trumpet, will excite anything but tears? diffusing universal grief and horror. The grove and shrine owed their origin to Seleucus Nicator. It was renowned for its park-like appearance, for its magnificent temple of Apollo… The population included a great variety of races. festival will convene the cities; these cities too will come, bringing oxen as But since I have mentioned the fountains, come, forthwith, let us go up to Daphne, and conduct our discourse to the noble deeds of the martyr. how could he interred there. Two cities named Antioch played important roles in the first-century Christian community. I have slightly how much still purer was the shrine! Daphne is a suburb of Antioch, and is planted with cypresses and other trees, beneath which … ... Then, said the young man, "henceforward I shall come and commit my soul to you." 13  Since while we were offering fire came from above; and some peasants, who were on the road that night on bridegroom who, while the garlands are weaving for his nuptials, dies. Christians to the divine vengeance; by Julian to the resentment and jealousy of 2.    expressed in the marble, the sash over his breast confining the golden robe, so 10. Plut:Agis_9 she was no other than Daphne, the daughter of Amyclas, Daphne 2 - a grove dedicated to Apollo, near Antioch in Syria 300/3 The foundation of Antioch and the nearby temple at Daphne. imprecated vengeance on the Greeks, full of indignation, and "dark as Transported It was the great pleasure resort of the citizens of Antioch; and it gained an evil repute for immorality, as witnessed by the proverbial Daphnici mores. What was the first suggestion of him who undertook this enterprise? 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