Arabian bird

the phenix.
- Shak.
the phenix.

See also: Arabian, Bird

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In the nests of Arabian birds was the aspilates, that, according to Democritus, kept the wearer from any danger by fire.
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The LRA has been compared to the Phoenix, the legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes to live with renewed youth through another cycle.
Even 'darlings' can get fed up: "I work well with Western countries, but they interfere too much," says Museveni. (Uganda)
Herakles probably wished he had not stopped at chasing these Arabian birds away from Arcadia for, even in the small world of antiquity, geographic migration ruled.
Ancient myths and avian pestilence

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