Phoebus
noun
Apollo as the sun god.
Phoebean
-
a word derived from
Phoebus.
Example Sentences
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The Second part, The delights of the Muses, or Poems upon several occasions, both English and Latin; such rich pregnant Fancies as shewed his Breast to be filled with Phoebean Fire.
From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by William Riley Parker
There is something pathetic in the retirement of the grey-haired Perugino from Rome, to make way for the victorious Phoebean beauty of the boy Raphael.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds
Phoebean dart, a ray of the sun, Phoebus being the god of the sun. l.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by M. (Margaret) Robertson
Light falling upon carved forms of gods and heroes, bathing clear-cut columns and sharp basreliefs in simple lustre, was enough for the Phoebean rites of Hellas.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds
The pious youth, more studious how to save His aged sire, now sinking to the grave, Preferr'd the pow'r of plants, and silent praise Of healing arts, before Phoebean bays.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
