The Phoenix River (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ; also Phoinix) is a river in Greece.
Geographical context The Phoenix River is located in south-eastern Thessaly, and within the Malis region specifically south of Trachis which is at the base of Mount Oeta. The Phoenix originates in the Trachinian cliffs and flows into the Asopus near to Thermopylae. From the Phoenix to Thermopylae was determined by Herodotus to be fifteen furlongs distance. In this land there was a village named Anthela.
Historical significance
The Phoenix River is described by Herodotus in reference to Xerxes (βασιλεὺς Ξέρξης: King Xerxes) who had invaded mainland Greece during 480 BC. Xerxes fought the Battle of Thermopylae commencing in August of 480. In the account of the landing of Xerxes in Greece Herodotus states before arriving in Malis Xerxes and his army were in Thessaly which is where C. Plinius Secundus locates a river named Phoenix in The Historie of the World.
Cultural significance Phoenix was son of Amyntor, basileus of Hellas, which before Thucydides was the name for the geographical region south of Thessaly. Strabo (in Geographica) states the river is named after Amyntor's son and that his tomb is near to it.
See also Φοίνικας ποταμός in Achaia (Αχαΐα) Phoenix
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References
External links Har Bilas Sarda (2007) [1st pub. 1906]. "The Hyperboreans". In Ravi Prakash Arya (ed.). Hindu superiority: an attempt to determine the position of the Hindu race in the scale of nations. Ajmer: Rajputana Printing Press. p. 175. ISBN 9788187710448. Another Khyber settlement will be seen in Thessaly on the Eastern branch of Phoenix river. Its name is tolerably well preserved as Khyphara or Khyphera Edward Pococke (1852). "Chapter XI. Dodona and the Hyperboreans". India in Greece; or, Truth in Mythology: Containing the Sources of the Hellenic Race, the Colonization of Egypt and Palestine, the Wars of the Grand Lama, and the Bud'histic Propaganda in Greece. John J. Griffin and Company. p. 129. as I have already shown, the 'Khyber-Pooreans', or 'people of Khyber-Poor' i.e. the city and district of the Khyber. Another Khyber settlement will be seen in Thessaly on the eastern branch of the Phœnix river. Its name is tolerably well preserved as 'Khyphara' and 'Khyphæra'