Phoenix

Searches for his sister Europa. According to Apollodorus, Phoenix and Europa were siblings, but in Homer’s Iliad Phoenix is her father.

Genealogy

Telephassa

Agenor

Cadmus, Cilix, Europa

Europa

Places
  1. Phoenicia
  2. Scyros
  3. Troy
  4. Unknown
Events
  1. Agenor sends his sons to look for Europa
  2. Phoenix, unable to find Europa, settles in Phoenicia
  3. Emissaries from the Greek army try to persuade Achilles to fight
  4. Odysseus and Phoenix fetch Neoptolemus
  5. Phoenix dies
  6. Neoptolemus buries Phoenix
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
  2. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 312
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