Editing Daphne (section)

=== Other authors ===
[[Philostratus]] in his ''[[Life of Apollonius of Tyana]]'' says the [[Assyria]]ns, who worshipped [[Apollo]] Daphnaeus ("Apollo of the Laurel") place the site of Daphne's transformation from [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]] to [[Antioch]] (modern day [[Antakya]] in Turkey).<ref>[[Philostratus]], ''[[Life of Apollonius of Tyana]]'' [https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/aot/laot/laot04.htm 1.16]</ref>

[[Nonnus]] also placed Daphne's dwellings near the [[Orontes River]], and says that it was [[Gaia]] who swallowed up the girl before she knew marriage; Apollo always blamed Gaia for this.<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/529#33.193 33.217–220]</ref>

In his ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]'', satirical author [[Lucian]] of [[Samosata]] has Apollo call Daphne and [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinthus]] his two greatest loves, and regret losing them both; he declares himself unlucky in love, especially since Daphne found the option of becoming a tree more attractive than him.<ref>[[Lucian]], ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]'' [http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=home:texts_and_library:dialogues:dialogues-of-the-gods#section15 Hermes and Apollo II]</ref> [[Eros]] also mentions to [[Zeus]] Daphne not falling for Apollo.<ref>Lucian, ''Dialogues of the Gods'' [http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=home:texts_and_library:dialogues:dialogues-of-the-gods#section2 Love and Zeus]</ref>

A sixth century AD poet, [[Dioscorus of Aphrodito]], composed a poem where Apollo calls Daphne and Hyacinthus his two greatest loves, and mourns their loss.<ref>MacCoull, Leslie S. B. "TWO LOVES I HAVE : DIOSCORUS, APOLLO, DAPHNE, HYACINTH." Byzantion, vol. 77, Peeters Publishers, 2007, pp. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/44173143 305–14].</ref>