Daphne Daphne (; ; , , ), a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but t ...

is a water nymph in Greek mythology. Daphne may also refer to:

Places

* Daphne Palace, Constantinople, Turkey * Daphni Monastery, near Athens *

Daphne Island Daphne Island is a river island in Alberta, Canada. It is in the Athabasca River, located north of Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in ...

, a river island in Alberta, Canada *

Daphne Major Daphne Major is a volcanic island just north of Santa Cruz Island and just west of the Baltra Airport in the Archipelago of Colón, commonly known as the Galápagos Islands. It consists of a tuff crater, devoid of trees, whose rim rises above the ...

, in the Galápagos Islands *

Daphne, Alabama Daphne () is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 170 miles southwest of the state capital of Montgomery. The 2020 United Sta ...

, a city in the United States *A former suburb of the ancient city of Antioch, today Harbiye, Antakya, Turkey * Constantiana Daphne, Byzantine fortification on Danube *

Daphne (Mount Athos) Dafni () is a small settlement on Mount Athos. It is located on the southern coast of the Athonite peninsula between Xeropotamou Monastery and Simonopetra Monastery. It is used mainly as a port and an entry point to the Athonite monastic state ...

, Greece, likely site of ancient Cleonae *

Daphne (Thrace) Iasonion or Daphne was a town of ancient Thrace, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Its site is located near Beşiktaş in European Turkey East Thrace or Eastern Thrace, also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the part ...

, a town of ancient Thrace, now in Turkey *

Rablah Rablah (; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Just east of the border with Lebanon, nearby localities include al-Nizariyah to the southwest, Zi ...

Riblah The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan. The site lies on the east ...

, formerly also known by the name Daphne

Vessels

* HMS ''Daphne'', Royal Navy ships * ''Daphné''-class submarine, a French Navy class ** French submarine ''Daphné'' (S641), lead submarine of the class *''Daphne''-class Seaward Defence Craft,

Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy (, ) is the Naval warfare, sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Denmark, Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and ...

* ''Daphne'' (brig), a ship that was wrecked in 1819 * SS ''Daphne'' (1883), a ship which sank disastrously in 1883 * ''Princess Daphne'' (ship), a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises (1979–1997)

People and fictional characters

* Daphne (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the given name *

Daphne (singer) Daphne Njie Efundem (born September 20, 1989) known as Daphne, is a Cameroonian singer. She began her career in 2013 and released her first single entitled ''Rastafari'' the following year but gained international recognition in 2017 with her tr ...

, Cameroonian singer Daphne Njie Efundem (born 1986)

Songs

*"Daphne", on several

Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani people, Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Belgium, Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe ...

albums, such as ''Djangology''; written in 1937 *"Daphne", from the 2002 1 Giant Leap album ''

1 Giant Leap 1 Giant Leap is a British electronic music duo consisting of the two principal artists, Jamie Catto (Faithless founding member) and Duncan Bridgeman. Career Based in the UK, the two musicians set out to create a multimedia project that would ...

'' *"Daphne", from the 2011

Lia Ices Lia Ices is an American singer-songwriter from Westport, Connecticut, currently living in Northern California. While she has been performing and recording for several years, Ices gained prominence when her song "Love is Won", from her second st ...

album ''Grown Unknown'' *"Daphne", by from British band Squeeze their 1995 album ''Ridiculous'' *"Daphne", by Bat for Lashes from the album '' The Haunted Man'' *"Daphne", from the 2001 John Paul Jones album ''

The Thunderthief ''The Thunderthief'' is John Paul Jones's second solo studio album, released in 2001. Track listing All music and lyrics composed and written by John Paul Jones, except where otherwise noted. # "Leafy Meadows" – 5:10 # "The Thunder ...

Other uses

* ''Daphne'' (opera), a 1938 opera by Richard Strauss based on the myth and legend of the nymph * ''Daphne'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''Daphne'' (2007 film), a British biographical drama film *

Daphne (comedy) Daphne is a British comedy trio made up of comedians Jason Forbes, Phil Wang and George Fouracres. Together they are the creators, writers and stars of the BBC Radio 4 series '' Daphne Sounds Expensive''. Background Forbes, Wang and Fouracres ...

, a British comedy trio * DAPHNE (emulator), an emulator of Laserdisc arcade games * ''Daphne'' (plant), a genus of shrubs * Détecteur à Grande Acceptance pour la Physique Photonucléaire Expérimentale, a particle detector * DAPHNE project, a European Commission-funded project under FP7 research funding *

Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate (EE/CPA), also known as co-cyprindiol and sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 among others, is a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE), an estrogen, and cyproterone acetate (CPA), a progestin and a ...

, a birth control pill

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