The Role Of The Phoenix In Greek Mythology

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The Phoenix is a mythological character in the Greek mythology. The legend has it that The Phoenix is a large, grand bird, and eagle like. According to the ancient Greek mythology, the Phoenix’s true home is the paradise, a land of unimaginable beauty lying beyond the distant horizon towards the rising sun. Nothing dies in Paradise. After a thousand years had passed, The Phoenix had become oppressed by the burden of its age, and the time had come for it to die. To do so, the Phoenix had to fly to the mortal world. After the Phoenix came to our world, it created a nest and set himself on fire in it. After 3 days of the Phoenix’s death, a new Phoenix had been born from the ashes of its ancestor. The Phoenix is often used in literature to

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