Phoebus
Phoebus (pronounced /ˈfiːbəs) is the Latin form of Greek Phoibos (Φοίβος) "Shining-one", a byname used in classical mythology for either the god Apollo, or the god Helios, or the sun, generally.
Classical Latin poets also used Phoebus as a byname for the sun-god, whence common references in later European poetry to Phoebus and his "winged chariot" as a metaphor for the sun.
In mythological texts the sun-god and Apollo are not otherwise confused or identified. For example, in Ovid's Metamorphoses the hero Phaëton is son of Phoebus the sun-god, not son of Phoebus Apollo.
Paired with Athena, he was a mascot of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
He should not be confused with Phobos.
In AD 362, in the Delphic Pythia's last prophecy, she said to Oribasius of Pergamum (personal physician of the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate) "Report to the emperor, fallen is [the] splendid hall, Phoebus no longer has [his] house. Neither the prophesying laurel nor the well will talk anymore, silent also the babbling water."
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