In Greek mythology, Phoebe (/ˈfbi/ FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanizedPhoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was the name or epithet of the following characters:

Also, Phoebe (crater) on Saturn's small moon Janus is named after Phoebe of Messenia.

Citations

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  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 116-138
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 3.11.4
  3. ^ a b Apollodorus, 2.1.5
  4. ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37 pp. 370-371
  5. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Notes on Book 3.1689
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 154; Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.340
  7. ^ Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 50; Ovid, Heroides 8.77
  8. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.16

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