Brief mentions of Phoenix also appear in Books 16, 17, 19, and 23.Gantz, p. 609. In Book 16 Phoenix leads a company of Myrmidons into battle.Homer, Iliad 16.194. In Book 17, Athena takes Phoenix's form, as she urges on Menelaus in the heat of battle.Homer, Iliad 17.555–561. In Book 19, Phoenix is among those comforting Achilles in his tent after the death of Patroclus.Homer, Iliad 19.309–313. In Book 23, Phoenix is an umpire in Patroclus' funeral games.Homer, Iliad 23.359–361.
