Phoenix

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Φοῖνιξ, ικος, ὁ, or say, son of Amyntor.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Phoenix: īcis,
I a Phœnician; v. 1. Phoenice, A.
Phoenix: īcis, m., = Φοῖνιξ>.
   a The son of Amyntor, who was given by Peleus to Achilles as a companion in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 8, 307; id. A. A. 1, 337; Cic. de Or. 3, 15; Prop. 2, 1, 60. He brought to Peleus the news of the death of Achilles, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—
   b A son of Agenor, brother of Cadmus and Europa, Hyg. Fab. 178.