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Phoebus

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Phoe·bus  (fbs)
n.
1. Greek Mythology Apollo, the god of the sun.
2. The sun.

[Middle English phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Greek phoibos, shining, Apollo.]

Phoebus [ˈfiːbəs]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Also called Phoebus Apollo Greek myth Apollo as the sun god
2. (Literature / Poetry) Poetic a personification of the sun
[via Latin from Greek Phoibos bright; related to phaos light]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.PhoebusPhoebus - (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Translations
Phoebus [ˈfiːbəs] NFebo
Phoebus [ˈfiːbəs] nFebo
Phoebus [ˈfiːbəs] nFebo


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Come, let us make haste, or the sunshine will be gone, and Phoebus along with it.
Captain Phoebus de Châteaupers, at your service, my beauty
He showed men a new way of poetry; he proved to them that nightingale was as poetical a word as Philomel, that it was possible to speak of the sun and the moon as the sun and the moon, and not as Phoebus and Diana.
 
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