Phoebus

[ fee-buhs ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
2. Literary. the sun personified.

Phoebus

/ ˈfiːbəs /

noun

1. Also calledPhoebus Apollo Greek myth Apollo as the sun god
2. poetic.
   a personification of the sun

Other Words From

• Phoe·be·an [fi-, bee, -, uh, n, fee, -bee-], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Phoebus¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English Febus, Phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Greek phoîbos “shining, radiant, bright,” used in Homer as epithet and name for Apollo; further origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of Phoebus¹

C14: via Latin from Greek Phoibos bright; related to phaos light

Example Sentences

The god Phoebus, who is a true god, has been charioted for an hour-and were you not to be on the ramparts by sunrise?

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Airy, winged, like arrow-flights of Phoebus Apollo; very superlative Speeches indeed.

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After Phoebus had eaten his fill and Jocelyn had thrown a thick traveling cloak over his armor, he returned to the room.

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"It is Phoebus, my horse," cried Jocelyn, agreeably reminded that he had left the animal tied close to the tourney.

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They dream of a Paradise beyond death; but where thou reignest, O Phoebus, there is bliss even on earth!

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