phoenix
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Summary
phoenix is a mythology[1]. phoenix ranks in the top 6% of mythology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,421 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ancient Greece[3]
- Instance of: mythical creature[4]
- Subclass of: legendary bird[5], legendary progenitor[6]
- Part of: Greek mythology[7], Roman mythology[8], Arabian mythology[9], Persian mythology[10]
- Commons category: Phoenix (mythical bird)[11]
- Said to be the same as: Chol[12], fenghuang[13], Anqa[14]
- Unicode character: 🐦🔥[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Phoenix birds[16]
- Commons gallery: Phoenix (mythology)[17]
- Depicted by: Cratere a volute con Achille e Fenice[18]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Otto's encyclopedia[25], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26], New International Encyclopedia[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28], Pauly–Wissowa[29]
- Name in native language: φοῖνιξ[30]
- Different from: phoenix in a work of fiction[31], Anqa[32], Phoenix[33], fenghuang[34], Bennu[35]
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Influence
Things named for phoenix include Phoenix[36], a city in the United States[37], in United States[38], founded in 1868[39]; Teatro La Fenice[40], an opera house[41], in Italy[42], founded in 1792[43]; Order of the Phoenix[44], an order[45], in Greece[46], founded in 1926[47]; and Foinikaria[48], a community of Cyprus Republic[49], in Cyprus[50].
Why It Matters
phoenix has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] phoenix is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for phoenix include Phoenix[36], a city in the United States[37], in United States[38], founded in 1868[39]; Teatro La Fenice[40], an opera house[41], in Italy[42], founded in 1792[43]; Order of the Phoenix[44], an order[45], in Greece[46], founded in 1926[47]; and Foinikaria[48], a community of Cyprus Republic[49], in Cyprus[50].