in Grecian Antiquity, a festival in honour of Diana the huntress. The offering on this occasion was a cake made in the form of a deer (Δάφνης). This festival was instituted, it is said, to commemorate a victory obtained by the Phocians over the Thessalians, under the following circumstances: The Phocians, reduced to extremity by the Thessalians, had resolved, rather than to submit to the enemy, to raise a pile of combustibles, and to burn their wives, children, and effects. This resolution was approved of by the women; but when all was prepared, the Phocians once more engaged the enemy, and utterly routed them. (Plutarch, De Mul. Virt., Paus. x. 35; Athen. xv.)