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Phœbus

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The sun or sun-god. In Greek mythology Apollo is called Phœbos (the sun-god), from the Greek verb phao (to shine).

“The rays divine of vernal Phœbus shine.”

Thomson: Spring.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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