''Phoenix'', originally ''The Phoenix'', is one of two peer-reviewed journals of the Classical Association of Canada (the other is '' Mouseion''), and the oldest

classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

journal published in

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. ''Phoenix'' publishes two double issues a year containing scholarly papers embodying original research in all areas of Classical Studies: the literature, language, history, philosophy, religion, mythology, science, archaeology, art, architecture, and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds from earliest times to about AD 600.

History

''The Phoenix'' was founded in 1946 as the first journal of classics in Canada, by the country's first organisation for the study of classics, the

Ontario Classical Association The Ontario Classical Association (OCA) was founded in 1944 with Eric A. Havelock as its first president. The association promotes the study of classics through lobbying, scholarships, and colloquia for members. Its membership consists primarily ...

. When the nationwide Classical Association of Canada was founded in 1947, the Ontario Classical Association transferred to it responsibility for ''The Phoenix''.

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External links

''Phoenix'' website
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