Phoebus ([fi:bəs] or [foi:bəs]) is the Latin form of Greek Phoibos 'Shining-one', a byname used in classical mythology for the god Apollo. Under the modern Greek spelling Phevos or Phivos (pronounced "Fivos") and paired with Athena, he was a mascot of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Classical Latin poets also used Phoebus as a byname for the sun-god, whence common references in later European poetry to Phoebus and his car ("chariot") as a metaphor for the sun. But in mythological texts the Sun-god and Apollo are otherwise not confused or identified. For example, in Ovid's Metamorphoses the hero Phaëton is son of Phoebus the sun-god, not son of Phoebus Apollo. He should not be confused with Phobos.
Other uses
- Place names
- People named Phoebus
- Phoebus Levene (born Fishel Aaronovich Levin)
- Harrison Phoebus
- Tom Phoebus
- Phoebus (composer)
- Phoebus de Lusignan
- François Fébus; Francisco Febo
- Gaston Fébus
- Garth Phoebus of Frederick, Maryland
- Others
- Phoebus cartel
- Phöbus, literary journal (1808)
- Captain Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Phoebus Apollo a song by Carl Cox for the Hacker's Soundtrack
