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Phoenix (mythology)
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Phoenix (mythology) — The phoenix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ, phoínix) is a mythical sacred firebird in ancient mythologies starting with the Greek and later the Egyptian and the Phoenician mythology. Appearance and Abilities A phoenix is a mythical bird with a tail of… … Wikipedia
Phoenix — most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes * Phoenix, Arizona, a large city in the United States * Phoenix (spacecraft), a spacecraft that landed in the north polar region of… … Wikipedia
Phoenix of Tenedos — Phoenix (in Greek Φoινιξ; lived 4th century BC) was a native of Tenedos, who held a high rank in the army of Eumenes, 321 BC. In the great battle fought by the latter against Craterus and Neoptolemus, the command of the left wing, which was… … Wikipedia
Phoenix (son of Agenor) — Phoenix (Φοῖνιξ) in Greek mythology was a son of Agenor and either brother or father to Cadmus. See Agenor and Phoenix … Wikipedia
phoenix — ► NOUN ▪ (in classical mythology) a unique bird that periodically burned itself on a funeral pyre and was born again from the ashes. ORIGIN Greek phoinix Phoenician, reddish purple, or phoenix … English terms dictionary
phoenix — /fee niks/, n., gen. Phoenicis /fee nuy sis, nee / for 2. 1. (sometimes cap.) a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness … Universalium
Phoenix — /fee niks/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a. the brother of Cadmus and Europa, and eponymous ancestor of the Phoenicians. b. a son of Amyntor and Cleobule who became the foster father of Achilles and who fought with the Greek forces in the Trojan War. 2. a… … Universalium
Phoenix in popular culture — The phoenix has proved an enduring allegorical symbol, symbolizing rebirth, renewal or uniqueness and often appears in modern popular culture. In literature Antiquity *Classical references to the phoenix include the early Christian Apostolic… … Wikipedia
Phoenix (Mythologie) — Ein Phönix in den Flammen (Aberdeen Bestiary, 12. Jahrhundert) Der Phönix (altgriechisch Φοίνιξ, phoínix, von altägyptisch benu: „Der Wiedergeborene/Der neugeborene Sohn“; lateinisch phoenix) ist ein mythischer Vogel, der verbrennt, um aus seiner … Deutsch Wikipedia
phoenix — In classical mythology, a bird resembling an eagle; according to one legend, at the age of 500 years it built a funeral pile composed of spices, lay upon it, and died, but out of the ashes a new body arose. Hence the phoenix became a symbol of… … Dictionary of the Bible
phoenix — [ fi:nɪks] noun (in classical mythology) a unique bird of the Arabian desert that burned itself on a funeral pyre every five or six centuries and rose from the ashes with renewed youth. Origin from OFr. fenix, via L. from Gk phoinix Phoenician,… … English new terms dictionary
