Phoebus
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Phoebus is an epithet of Apollo, literally meaning "bright." It was his most commonly used epithet by both the Greeks and Romans.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 500
- Historical notes
- Archaic to late Roman period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Aegletes, Helius, Lyceus, Phanaeus, Cynthia, Boreas, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Cupid, Helios
- aspect of
- Apollo
- syncretized with
- Sol
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Phoebus ( FEE-bəs; Φοῖβος, Phoibos), literally "bright", his most commonly used epithet by both the Greeks and Romans”
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“The gods Cupid, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Phoebus, Venus, Mercury, and Cynthia.”
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“the Avianus poem refers to the characters as Boreas and Phoebus, the divinities of the north wind and the Sun”
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