Ben is offered a bribe to drop Daphne's case.
Spring is supposed to begin in February when, according to the old calendar, the new year sets in, but th only flowers then in bloom are the camellia japonsca and some kinds of daphne.
The nicknames which they gave to their later kings were Aramaic; and, except Apollo and Daphne, the great divinities of north Syria seem to have remained essentially native, such as the "Persian Artemis" of Meroe and Atargatis of Hierapolis Bambyce.
The buildings were mainly grouped in three divisions - the Chalce, the Daphne and the " sacred palace."
There is more than one meaning of Daphne discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.