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The Greeks subsequently pictured the bird more like a peacock or an eagle and identified it with their own word phoenix ( Φοίνιξ ), meaning the color purple-red or crimson ( cf.

Phoenicia ) or a palm tree.

According to the Greek mythology the phoenix lived in Phoenicia ( Lebanon ) next to a well.

At dawn, it bathed in the water of the well, and the Greek sun-god Helios stopped his chariot ( the sun ) in order to listen to its song.