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Phoenice, an Attican princess as the daughter of the autochthonous King Actaion and sister to Aglauros, Erse and Pandrosos. According to the Suda , the ancient Greek historian Scamon of Mytilene claimed that her father named the Phoenician letters in her honor after she died a virgin.
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.
De ave phoenice is a poem attributed to the early Christian apologist writer Lactantius. The poem is not overtly Christian; scholars point to certain aspects of the text to support their view that the author intended a Christian interpretation of the phoenix. They interpret the mythological phoenix motif as symbolic of Christ and resurrection. [1]
The composition of The Phoenix dates from the ninth century. Although the text is complete, it has been edited and translated many times. It is a part of the Exeter Book contained within folios 55b-65b, [1] and is a story based on three main sources: Carmen de ave phoenice by Lactantius (early fourth century), the Bible, and Hexaemeron by Ambrose.
Classical mythology held that the Egyptian bennu, renamed phoenix, brought the remains of its predecessor to the altar of the sun god at Heliopolis each time it was reborn. In the Hebrew Bible , Heliopolis is referenced directly and obliquely, usually in reference to its prominent pagan cult.
In some accounts, Phoenix's father was called King Belus of Egypt and sibling to Agenor, Phineus, Aegyptus, Danaus [15] and Ninus. [16] In the latter's version of the myth, Phoenix' mother could be identified as Achiroe, naiad daughter of the river-god Nilus. [17] Phoenix was believed to have fathered a number of children with different women.
A number of English translations use the term "phoenix" [4] in this verse, while the King James Version and the German language Luther Bible use "Sand". [5] In the New Revised Standard Version this reads: Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;
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 ]