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Phoenice (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Phoenice or Phoenike (Ancient Greek: Φοινίκη) may refer to three distinct characters:

Notes

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  1. ^ Suda, s.v. Phoenician letters with the authority of Skamon in his second book on Discoveries
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Torōnē
  3. ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 5
  4. ^ Hard 2015, p. 8.
  5. ^ Hyginus, De astronomia 2.2.3

References

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  • Hard, Robin (2015). Constellation Myths: With Aratus's 'Phaenomena'. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871698-3.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. Online version at the Topos Text Project.