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*OINIE (continued). 



An Indian version, Dion. De Avib. i. 32 aurjKoa be, w$ napa rols 'ivbals 

 opvts fir) yoveeov arep Kai pi^ecos \(dpis vcpicrrdpevos, (pdivif- rovvopa, kol (3iovv 

 (paoiv eVi nXelarou Kai pera 7rdcrr]s dcpofiias avrov, cos ovre robots ovre Xidois 

 ovre KaXdpois rj rvdyais rcov dvbpa>v ti k<xt avrcov noielv Treipcopevcov. 'O be 

 Bdvaros avrco rr)v dp\r]V iroiel rrjs {(or)?' r)v yap nore yrjpdaas irpbs rets TTTrjcreis 

 eavrov 'Ibrj va>6ecrrepov, rj ras avyas rcov oppdrcav eXacrcrovpevas, e0' v\jrr)Xr]s 

 7T(Tpas K.dp(pr) crvXXetjas irvpdv nva rrjs reXevrrjs, r) KaXiav o-WTidrjcn rrjs 

 £(«>/;?, r)v ev peace KaOqpevov tov (poiviKos r) rcov r)XiaK.a>v aKrlvcav Kara(pXeyei 

 fleppoTTjs. ovtco de btaepdapevros avrov veos e< rrjs reeppas avOis erepos 

 yiverai <f>o7vi£ ko\ tois narpcoois eOeai xprjrai, coo-re virb rrjs rjXiaKrjs p,6vov 

 avyrjs, narpos re Kai prjrpbs X^P L9 i T0V opviv yivecrOai tovtov. Cf. Physiol. 

 Syr., c. xvi (who adds that the Phoenix builds its nest in the month 

 Pamnuth, s. Faminoth, a Coptic word); Epiphan. in Physiol, c. xi, 

 Eustath. Ant., p. 29 (ed. Lugd. 1677), Pseudo-Hieronym., p. 219 (ed. 

 Venet. 1772). 



Chaeremon, fr. 16 eviavros' (polvii-. Horap. i. 34 fjXlov ecrriv 6 <polvi% 

 crvpftoXov .... ^rvxh v §* ivravOa iroXvv xpdvov biarpifiovcrav ftovXopevoi 

 ypdyjsai, r) TrXrjppvpav, (poivuca to opveov faypacpovo-iv : ibid. 35 Ka\ tov 

 Xpovicos be otto £evr)S eTTibrjpovvra brjXovvres, ndXiv (poivuca to opveov {coypa- 

 (povcriv : ib. ii. 57 Afwconwrroow be noXvxpdviov (SovXopevoi o-rjpr)vai, 

 (poiviKa to opveov faypacpovtriv' eicelvos yap ore yevvarai, dnoKaTacrraais 

 yiverai rrpaypdrcov. 



A symbol of long life, Prov. fjv pi) cpolviKos err] fiiao-r], Luc. Hermot. 53 

 ( l > 793) 5 c f- J°b xxix. 18, where for sand read Phoenix. 



Cf. also Nonnus Dion. xl. 394 koi £vXa Krjcoevra cpepcov yap.yjrcovvxt 

 Tapcrco I x i ^ l * Tt ] s vocpos opvis eV evobpep creo /3co/xc5 | (polvit;, reppa /3ioio (pepcov 

 avroenropov dpx^v \ rUrerai, icrorvnoio xpdvov ndXiv ayperos eiKcov | Xvcras 

 8' ev nvp\ yrjpas, dpeifterai e< nvpbs rjftrjv. See also the Phoenix of 



Claudian ; Auson. Id. xi ; Ovid, Met. xv. 402 ; Senec. Ep. xlii ; Pompon. 

 Mela, iii. 9 ; Lactant. (?) Carm. Phoenice ; Lucian, iii. 27, 276, 350 ; 

 Solin. Polyhistor. c. 36 ; Clem. Rom. Ep. i ad Corinth, c. 24, p. 120, &c. 



Late apparitions of the Phoenix, Plin. x. 2 ; Tacit, vi. 28 ; Dio C. lvii ; 

 Suidas ; Tzetz. Chiliad, v. 6. A new Phoenix-period is said to have 

 commenced A. D. 139, in the reign of Antoninus Pius; and a recru- 

 descence of astronomical symbolism associated therewith is manifested 

 on the coins of that Emperor. 



Various remedies were to be obtained from its nest, Plin. xxix. 9 

 (Irridere est vitae remedia post millesimum annum reditura monstrare). 



For further references, oriental and classical, see Bochart, Hieroz. ii. 

 coll. 818, 849. 



On the Phoenix as an astronomical symbol of a cyclic period, see 

 (int. al.) Marsham, Canon. Chron. p. 9, 387; Creuzer's Symb.i. p. 438, 

 ii. p. 163 ; Lewis, Astr. of Anc, p. 283 ; Kenrick's Egypt of Herod., 



