< Phoenix, son of Agenor >

1 Origin

Phoenix was born in Thebes, Nile Delta, Egypt, in 1465 BC.

Phoenix's father was Agenor, son of Libya. [Apo.2.1.4, Hyginus.157]

Phoenix's mother was Damno, daughter of Belus. [FGrH.333.21]

2 Family

Phoenix married Perimede, daughter of Oeneus. [Paus.7.4.1]

Phoenix and Perimede had a daughter, Europa. [Apo.3.1.1, Dictys.1.2, Diod.5.78.1, Hyginus.155]

Phoenix and Perimede had a daughter, Astypalaea. [Hyginus.157, Paus.7.4.1]

3 Others

3.1 Marriage

Phoenix married Perimede, daughter of Oeneus. [Paus.7.4.1]

Oeneus was the great-grandson of Herse, daughter of Cecrops, the first king of Athens, and is presumed to have lived in Tyre. [Estimated from Apo.3.14.3 and MarceReg.30 and connection to Tyre]

3.2 Migration to Tyre

In 1430 BC, Phoenix migrated from Egypt to Tyre in Phoenicia. [Estimated from Herod.1.2]

This is presumed to have been due to oppression of Greeks living in the Nile Delta by the Egyptian 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III.