Associations to the word «Phoebus»

Wiktionary

PHOEBUS, proper noun. (Greek god) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios, after his maternal aunt, Phoebe.
PHOEBUS, proper noun. (Greek god) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo, after his maternal grandmother, Phoebe.
PHOEBUS, proper noun. (Roman god) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.
PHŒBUS, proper noun. Obsolete spelling of Phoebus

Dictionary definition

PHOEBUS, noun. (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope