Phoebus n : Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis [syn: Apollo, Phoebus Apollo]

Phoebus (pronounced /ˈfiːbəs/ or /ˈfibəs/) is the Latin form of Greek Phoibos 'Shining-one', a byname used in classical mythology for the god Apollo.

Under the modern Greek spelling Phevos or Phivos (pronounced "Fivos") and paired with Athena, he was a mascot of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Classical Latin poets also used Phoebus as a byname for the sun-god, whence common references in later European poetry to Phoebus and his car ("chariot") as a metaphor for the sun.

But in mythological texts the Sun-god and Apollo are otherwise not confused or identified. For example, in Ovid's Metamorphoses the hero Phaëton is son of Phoebus the sun-god, not son of Phoebus Apollo.

He should not be confused with Phobos.

Other uses

* Phoebus, Virginia

• Phoebus Levene (born Fishel Aaronovich Levin)
• Harrison Phoebus
• Tom Phoebus
• Phoebus (songwriter)
• Phoebus de Lusignan
• François Fébus; Francisco Febo
• Gaston Fébus
• Phoebus cartel
• Phöbus, literary journal (1808)
• Captain Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Phoebus, the fictional planet setting of the 1988 computer game Exile
• Phoebus Apollo a song by Carl Cox for the Hacker's Soundtrack

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