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Selene also appears on horseback as part of the Gigantomachy frieze of the Pergamon Altar. [121] Selene is commonly depicted with a crescent moon, often accompanied by stars; sometimes, instead of a crescent, a lunar disc is used. [122]
The names Phoebe and Phoebus (masculine) came to be applied as synonyms for Artemis/Diana and Apollo respectively, [8] as well as for Luna and Sol, the lunar goddess and the solar god, by the Roman poets; the late-antiquity grammarian Servius writes that "Phoebe is Luna, like Phoebus is Sol." [9] Phoebe was, like Artemis, identified by Roman ...
Phoebus Driving his Chariot by Karl Bryullov, oil on canvas, 19th century. Classical Latin poets also used Phoebus as a byname for the Sun-god, whence come common references in later European poetry to Phoebus and his chariot as a metaphor for the Sun. [ 391 ] Ancient Roman authors who used "Phoebus" for Sol as well as Apollo include Ovid ...
Phoebus Apollo with the lyre, having defeated Pan in musical competition, with Pan's flute under his foot; sculpture in the Schlossgarten of Schwerin, Germany, 1720 Geschwinde, geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde (Swift, swift, you swirling winds), BWV 201, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , on a libretto by Picander (pen name of ...
Apollo's chief epithet was Phoebus (/ ˈ f iː b ə s / FEE-bəs; Φοῖβος, Phoibos Greek pronunciation: [pʰó͜i.bos]), literally "bright". [28] It was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans for Apollo's role as the god of light.
Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Phoebe (given name), a list of people, mythological, biblical and fictional characters Phoebe (Greek myth), several characters Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis/Diana and Selene/Luna, in Greek and Roman mythology, the moon goddesses
Phoebe, bright, as a moon goddess sister of Phoebus. [42] The epithet Phoebe is also given to the moon goddess Selene. [175] Phosphoros, carrier of light. In Ancient Messene she is carrying a torch as a moon-goddess and she is identified with Hecate. [69] Artemis (potnia theron) on amphora of Naxos, Delos, 700–675 BCE, Archaeological Museum ...