phoebus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.

WordNet


Phoe"bus noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , fr. pure, bright.
Definitions
  1. (Class. Myth.) Apollo; the sun god.
  2. The sun. "Phoebus 'gins arise." Shak.

Webster 1913