Daphnis

[ daf-nis ]

/ ˈdæf nɪs /

noun Classical Mythology.

a son of Hermes: the originator of pastoral poetry.

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Examples from the Web for daphnis

A later form of the legend identifies Daphnis with a Phrygian hero, and makes him the teacher of Marsyas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9|Various
When he had nothing to do he painted for one of the Duchess's cabinets all the pastoral romance of "Daphnis and Chloe."
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete|Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
They cheered their flocks who lay mourning for Daphnis on the hills.
Essays on the Greek Romances|Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
Longus's Daphnis and Chlo is a pastoral,—it would burn well.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 64 No. 396 October 1848|Various

Daphnis and Chlo, two children found by shepherds, grow up together, nourishing a mutual love which neither suspects.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for daphnis

Daphnis

/ (ˈdæfnɪs) /

noun

Greek myth a Sicilian shepherd, the son of Hermes and a nymph, who was regarded as the inventor of pastoral poetry

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