Both Uses of
Phoenicia
in
The Waste Land
- Here, said she, 46 Is your card, the drowned Phoenician Sailor, (Those are pearls that were his eyes.†
Chpt 1Phoenician = of the ancient collection of city states at eastern end of the Mediterranean known for their maritime trading culture between 1550 BC to 300 BC
- Death by Water Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell And the profit and loss.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
an ancient collection of city states at eastern end of the Mediterranean known for their maritime trading culture between 1550 BC to 300 BC