The Phoenix River (Ancient Greek: æÿá¿Âýùþ; also Phoinix) was a river of ancient Greece.
The Phoenix River is located in south-eastern Thessaly, and within the Malis region specifically south of Trachis (äÃÂñÃÂïÃÂ) which is at the base of Mount Oeta. The Phoenix originates in the Trachinian cliffs and flows into the Asopus near to Thermopylae. From the Phoenix to Thermopylae was determined by Herodotus to be fifteen furlongs distance. In this land there was a village named Anthela.
The Phoenix River is described by Herodotus in reference to Xerxes (òñÃÂùûõὺàÃÂÃÂÃÂþ÷ÃÂ: King Xerxes) who had invaded mainland Greece during 480 BC. Xerxes fought the Battle of Thermopylae commencing in August of 480.
In the account of the landing of Xerxes in Greece Herodotus states before arriving in Malis Xerxes and his army were in Thessaly which is where C. Plinius Secundus locates a river named Phoenix in The Historie of the World.
Phoenix was son of Amyntor basileus of Hellas which before Thucydides was the geographical region south Thessaly. Strabo (in ÃÂõÃÂóÃÂñÃÂùúì) states the river is named after Amyntor's son and that his tomb is near to it.