It is said that the phoenix comes when his father dies. If the picture truly shows his size and appearance, his plumage is partly golden and partly red. He is most like an eagle in shape and bigness.


Translated by Alfred Denis Godley, Herodotus (Volume 1), Book II, 73 (p. 361)

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It is said that the phoenix comes when his father dies. If the picture truly shows his size and appearance, his plumage is partly golden and partly...

It is said that the phoenix comes when his father dies. If the picture truly shows his size and appearance, his plumage is partly golden and partly...

It is said that the phoenix comes when his father dies. If the picture truly shows his size and appearance, his plumage is partly golden and partly...

It is said that the phoenix comes when his father dies. If the picture truly shows his size and appearance, his plumage is partly golden and partly...