Phoenix, originally The Phoenix, is one of two journals

Academic journal

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 of the Classical Association of Canada (the other is Mouseion), and the oldest classics

Classics

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 journal published in Canada

Canada

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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

Ontario Classical Association

The Ontario Classical Association 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 of university and secondary school classics teachers, as...

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