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PHOEBUS (Gr. for " bright," " pure,")

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 449 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHOEBUS (Gr. for " See also:bright," " pure,") , a See also:common epithet of See also:Apollo (q.v.) . See also:Artemis in like manner is called See also:Phoebe, and in the Latin poets and their See also:modern followers See also:Phoebus and Phoebe are often used simply for the See also:sun and See also:moon respectively .

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