The Flamboyant Phasis (and the Phoenix). Note to Mart. V 7 and 8
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pheasant, phoenix, MartialAbstract
Mart. V 7 and V 8 can be read as a polished dyptich, due to the resemblance of the phoenix, a symbol of the noua Roma financed by Domitian at the beginning of V 7, and the character satirized in V 8: the flamboyant Phasis, whose name, appearance and behaviour suggest the figure of the pheasant. As a result, in identifying the fabulous bird with the Phasides, or birds from the Phasis, Martial anticipates Lactantius’ poetic comparison and Cuvier’s ornithological corroboration of this connection.
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