Phoenix (Iliad)
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In Homer's Iliad, Phoenix is one of the Myrmidons led by Achilles, who along with Odysseus and Ajax urges Achilles to re-enter battle, giving the most passionate speech of the three. There is no doubt that this was a later addition to the epic, as Achilles continually uses a special dual verb form in speaking with his guests, rather than a more appropriate plural form.
Phoenix also makes a cameo in Virgil's Aeneid. As Aeneas is searching his fallen Troy for his wife Creusa, he glimpes Phoenix and Odysseus guarding their loot in Priam's palace.
A different Phoenix in Greek mythology was a son of Agenor and either brother or father to Cadmus. See Agenor and Phoenix.da:Føniks (person) de:Phoinix fr:Phœnix fils d'Amyntor
