Poetry · Character
Phlebas the Phoenician
A drowned Phoenician sailor whose death is contemplated in The Waste Land.
minor
Also known as Water Phlebas the Phoenician, Consider Phlebas
First appearance: IV: Death by Water
Phlebas the Phoenician shows up with force in Dans le Restaurant. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Drowned Phoenician, forgetting his past life and cargo.
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In Dans le Restaurant: Drowned Phoenician, forgetting his past life and cargo. Later, in The Waste Land: The drowned Phoenician sailor, whose death by water is contemplated in section IV, forgotten by the sea and…
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