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    What was Voltaire referring to when he said, "A thousand shades of gold glistened on its plumage and its feet seemed a mixture of purple and silver"?

    Question #118156. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Oct 14 10 9:28 PM)


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    		French author Voltaire thus described the phoenix:

    It was of the size of an eagle, but its eyes were as mild and tender as those of the eagle are fierce and threatening. Its beak was the color of a rose, and seemed to resemble, in some measure, the beautiful mouth of Formosante. Its neck resembled all the colors of the rainbow, but more brilliant and lively. A thousand shades of gold glistened on its plumage. Its feet seemed a mixture of purple and silver; and the tail of those beautiful birds which were afterwards fixed to the car of Juno, did not come near the beauty of its tail.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29

    Oct 14 10, 11:03 PM

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