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In Greek mythology, Phoenice (Ancient Greek: Φοινίκη, romanized: Phoenike) may refer to three distinct characters: . Phoenice, an Attican princess as the daughter of the autochthonous King Actaion and sister to Aglauros, Erse and Pandrosos.
A depiction of a phoenix by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1806). The phoenix is a legendary immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Originating in Greek mythology, it has analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian mythology.
Phoenix from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum In Greek mythology , Phoenix or Phoinix ( Ancient Greek : Φοῖνιξ Phoinix , gen .: Φοίνικος means "sun-red") was the eponym of Phoenicia who together with his brothers were tasked to find their abducted sister Europa .
Phoenice or Phoenike (Ancient Greek: Φοινίκη) was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located high on an almost impregnable hill commanding the fertile valley below and near the modern town of the same name, Finiq , in southern Albania . [ 2 ]
In Greek mythology, Phoenix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ Phoinix, gen. Φοίνικος Phoinikos ) was the son of king Amyntor . Because of a dispute with his father, Phoenix fled to Phthia , where he became king of the Dolopians , and tutor of the young Achilles , whom he accompanied to the Trojan War .
The myth of Europa and Zeus may have its origin in a sacred union between the Phoenician deities `Aštar and `Aštart , in bovine form. Having given birth to three sons by Zeus, Europa married a king Asterion , this being also the name of the Minotaur and an epithet of Zeus, likely derived from the name `Aštar .
In Perfect Dark, the Maian race have their own type of pistol called the Phoenix. The Egyptians in Age of Mythology can summon a Phoenix as an in-game unit if they worship Thoth. The in-game description gives it the pseudo binomial nomenclature name Aquila inferna and quotes a passage from "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" regarding the bird.
Articles related to the mythology of the Phoenicians. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. A. Adonis (1 C, 40 P) Anat (22 P)