Divine Comedy-I: Inferno

can some one explain the symbolic meaning of the phoenix in canto XXIV

the phoenix is a important part in canto XXIV but can someone explain meaning of the phoenix and what does it represent?

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The phoenix is a mythological bird who burns itself to death every five-hundred years, only to rise from the ashes unharmed. There is only one phoenix.

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