Phoenix
c. 500 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Egypt, then Greece and Rome
- Egyptian
- Greek
Herodotus reports it from Egyptian priests and admits he does not believe them. Burns itself down and rises from the ashes every five hundred years.
Known for
- self-immolation and rebirth
- a cycle of centuries
- solar associations
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.