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Phoebus
[ fee-buhs ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- Literary. the sun personified.
Phoebus
/ ˈfiːbəs /
noun
- Also calledPhoebus Apollo Greek myth Apollo as the sun god
- poetic.a personification of the sun
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Other Words From
- Phoe·be·an [fi-, bee, -, uh, n, fee, -bee-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Phoebus1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Phoebus1
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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?
Airy, winged, like arrow-flights of Phoebus Apollo; very superlative Speeches indeed.
After Phoebus had eaten his fill and Jocelyn had thrown a thick traveling cloak over his armor, he returned to the room.
"It is Phoebus, my horse," cried Jocelyn, agreeably reminded that he had left the animal tied close to the tourney.
They dream of a Paradise beyond death; but where thou reignest, O Phoebus, there is bliss even on earth!
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