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See also:DAPHNAE (Tahpanhes, Taphne; mod. Defenneh) , an See also:ancient fortress near the Syrian frontier of See also:Egypt, on the Pelusian See also:arm of the See also:Nile. Here See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Psammetichus established a See also:garrison of See also:foreign mercenaries, mostly Carians and Ionian Greeks (See also:Herodotus ii. 154). After the destruction of See also:Jerusalem by See also:Nebuchadrezzar in 588 B.C., the Jewish fugitives, of whom See also:Jeremiah was one, came to Tahpanhes. When See also:Naucratis was given by See also:Amasis II. the See also:monopoly of See also:Greek See also:traffic, the Greeks were all removed from Daphnae, and the See also:place never recovered its prosperity ; in Herodotus's See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the deserted remains of the docks and buildings were visible. The site was discovered by Prof. W. M. See also:Flinders See also:Petrie in 1886; the name " See also:Castle of the See also:Jew's Daughter " seems to preserve the tradition of the Jewish refugees. There is a massive fort and enclosure; the See also:chief See also:discovery was a large number of fragments of pottery, which are of See also:great importance for the See also:chronology of See also:- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
vase-See also:painting, since they must belong to the time between Psammetichus and Amasis, i.e. the end of the 7th or the beginning of the 6th See also:century B.C. They show the characteristics of Ionian See also:art, but their shapes and other details testify to their See also:local manufacture.
See W.M. F. Petrie, Tanis II., Nebesheh, and Defenneh (th Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1888). E. GR.) See also:DAPHNE (Gr. for a See also:laurel See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree), in Greek See also:mythology, the daughter of the Arcadian See also:river-See also:god Ladon or the Thessalian Peneus, or of the Laconian Amyclas. She was beloved by See also:Apollo, and when pursued by him was changed by her See also:mother Gaea into a laurel tree sacred to the god (See also:Ovid, Metam. 452-567). In the Peloponnesian legends, another suitor of Daphne, Leucippus, son of See also:Oenomaus of See also:Pisa, disguised himself as a girl and joined her companions. His See also:sex was discovered while bathing, and he was slain by the See also:nymphs (See also:Pausanias viii. 2o; See also:Parthenius, Erotica, 15).
End of Article: DAPHNAE (Tahpanhes, Taphne; mod. Defenneh)
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