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Phœbus|ˈfiːbəs|
Forms: 4–9 Phebus, 6– Phœbus.
[a. L. Phœbus, a. Gr. ϕοῖβος, lit. bright, shining, radiant.]
A name of Apollo as the Sun-god; the sun personified. Chiefly poet.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 11 By the shadwe he took his wit That Phebus which þat shoon so clere and brighte Degrees was fyue and fourty clombe on highte. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. lxxii, Till phebus endit had his bemes bryght. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 54 Phebus with his golden beames. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 15 Phœbus arise, And paint the sable skies With azure, white, and red. 1726Pope Odyss. xvii. 30 With riper beams when Phœbus warms the day. 1742Gray Death of West, Redd'ning Phœbus lifts his golden fire.
b. Apollo as the god of poetry and music, presiding over the Muses: hence, the genius of poetry.
1776G. Campbell Philos. Rhet. (1801) II. 63 The figure which the French Phebus is capable of making in an English dress. |