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Definition of Phoebus apollo
1. 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.
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity
Specialized synonyms: Pythius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoebus Apollo
Literary usage of Phoebus apollo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Humanism: Studies in Personal and Social Development by Edward Howard Griggs (1899)
"We battled with shadows that peopled the gloom, We welcome thee, welcome thee,
phoebus apollo; Our hearts were oppressed with a dread sense of doom, ..."
2. A Manual of Mythology in the Form of Question and Answer by George William Cox (1867)
"(186) WHO was phoebus apollo ? A son of Zeus and Leto. (187) Why was he so named ?
He was called Phoebus, as being the god of light, and Apollo, ..."
3. The Classic Myths in English Literature by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch (1893)
"Apollo, or phoebus apollo, the son of Jupiter and Latona, was preeminently the
god of the sun. His name Phoebus signifies the radiant nature of the sunlight ..."
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