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Daphne
Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini,
depicting the moment of Daphne's transformation
into a laurel tree
Things named after Daphne
- Dapne is also the title of an opera by Richard Strauss based on the myth of the nymph Daphne.
- Daphne is also a genus of shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae , noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries.
- Dafni, sometimes called Daphne, is also a suburb of Athens, Greece. It has an Athens Metro station (red line) and Vouliagmenis Avenue. It is the smallest municipality in Athens covering about 1 km². The city hall is in the south, 200 m near the municipal boundary. The municipality is divides in two, one covers 85% to 90% of the total area, and the southeast covers 15% or 10% (smaller than the Vatican) about 0.5 km². It sits on a hill and almost the entire land is covered with residential area; there are no industrial factories in that part of suburban Athens.
- Dafni, sometimes called Daphne, is a village lying in a hilly, forested region on a road between Amalias and Simopoulo in north-central Elia, Greece. It is NE of Amalias and SW of the Peneus Dam. Before the 20th century, the village was called Damiza.
- Dafni is a village located E of Agia Marina and N of Aetorrachi in Elia, Greece.
- Dafni, sometimes called Daphne, is a village in the Pella prefecture of Greece. Its latitude is 40.769722° N and 22.226944° E. Its elevation is around 5 m.
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45