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Phoebe (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Phoebe (/ˈfb/; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη Phoibe, associated with Phoebos or "shining") was the name or epithet of the following characters:

Also, Phoebe is a crater on Janus (moon of Saturn), named after the character from Greek mythology.

References

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 116-138.
  2. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 2.1.5, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
  3. ^ John Tzetzes. Chiliades, 7.37 p. 370-371 Translated by Vasiliki Dogani
  4. ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 154; Ovid. Metamorphoses, Book 2.340
  5. ^ Euripides. Iphigenia at Aulis, 50
  6. ^ Ovid. Hieroides, 8.77
  7. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.11.4
  8. ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historica, Book 4.16