Phoebe
Phoebe, goddess of the moon (the Roman Diana)
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- The moon-goddess, sister of Phoebus, i.e. Diana, Luna, or the moon: vento semper rubet aurea Phoebe, Verg. G. 1, 431; id. A. 3, 371; 6, 18: Phoebe venantibus assit, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 51: jaculatrix Phoebe, id. H. 20, 229: innupta, id. M. 1, 476; Val. Fl. 7, 366.—
- B Transf., night: tertia, Ov. F. 6, 235.—
- II A daughter of Leda and sister of Helen, Ov. H. 8, 77.—
- III Daughter of Leucippus, Ov. A. A. 1, 679; Prop. 1, 2, 15.
Phoebe quoque flagrantibus / fratrem juvat ardoribus(
Diana ‥ dicitur ‥ ~e a Phebo fratre suo
~e totius humoris fons est
visitat antipodes phebe, refluitque fluitque / pontus
hec ~e, A.the mone
- 1. bijnaam v. Diana als maangodin; meton. nacht vol maanlicht;
- 2. dochter v. Leda en zuster v. Helena;
- 3. dochter v. Leucippus;
- 4. vrijgelatene v. Julia.
(Φοίβη).
1. A daughter of Uranus and Ge, became by Coeus the mother of Asteria and Leto. (Hes. Th. 136, 404, &c.; Apollod. 1.1.3, 2.2.) According to Aeschylus (Einm. 6) she was in possession of the Delphic oracle after Themis, and prior to Apollo.
2. A daughter of Tyndareos and Leda, and a sister of Clytaemnestra. (Eur. IA 50; Ov. Hieroid. 8.77.)
3. A nymph married to Danaus. (Apollod. ii.
1.5.)
4. A daughter of Leucippus, and sister of Hilaeira, a priestess of Athena, was carried off deuces the mother of Mnesileos. (Apollod. 3.10.3; Paus. 2.22.6; comp. Dioscuri.)
5. An Amazon who was slain by Heracles. (Diod. 4.16.)
6. A surname of Artemis in her capacity as the godddess of the moon (Iama), the moon being regarded as the female Phoebus or sun. (Verg. G. 1.431, Aen. 10.215; Ov. Ep. 20.229.) [L.S]
a freedwoman of Julia, the daughter of Augustus, having been privy to the adulteries of her mistress, hung herself when the crimes of the latter were detected; whereupon Augustus declared that he would rather have been the father of Phoebe than of his own daughter. (Suet. Aug. 65 ; Dio Cass. lv. 10.)
- , Φοίβη, goddess of the moon (the Roman Diana), V., O.: tertia, i. e. night, O.
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…vias. litora nativis praefulgent picta lapillis, et volucres nulla dulcius arte canunt. non sic Leucippis succendit Castora Phoebe, Pollucem cultu non Hilaira soror ; non, Idae et cupido quondam discordia Phoebo, Eveni patriis filia litoribus…
Propertius, Elegies
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…eodem non bene iunctarum discordia semina rerum. nullus adhuc mundo praebebat lumina Titan, nec nova crescendo reparabat cornua Phoebe, nec circumfuso pendebat in aere tellus ponderibus librata suis, nec bracchia longo margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite ; utque…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…per ossa medullas. Protinus alter amat, fugit altera nomen amantis silvarum tenebris captivarumque ferarum exuviis gaudens innuptaeque aemula Phoebes. Vitta coercebat positos sine lege capillos. Multi illam petiere, illa aversata petentes inpatiens expersque viri nemora avia…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…, per inania templi Ancipiti cervice rotat, spargitque vaganti Obstantes tripodas, magnoque exaestuat igne, Iratum te, Phoebe, ferens. Nec verbere solo Uteris et stimulis, flammasque in viscera mergis Accipit et fraenos nec tantum prodere…
Lucan, Pharsalia
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…fatorum praescia Manto, sata Tiresia, Latonigenas monuit sacris celebrare deos. arcus, victor, pace relata, Phoebe, relaxa umeroque graves levibus telis pone pharetras resonetque manu pulsa citata vocale chelys nil acre velim magnumque modis intonet…
Seneca, Agamemnon
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…iterum, totumque per orbem Rursus eo. Nova da mihi cernere litora Ponti, Telluremque novam vidi iam, Phoebe, Philippos. Haec ait, et lasso iacuit defecta furore. Prooemium de prodigiis. Melius esse, nulla…
Lucan, Pharsalia
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…de litore gemmas proximus Eois colligit Indus aquis. Hanc uos, Pierides, festis cantate kalendis, et testudinea Phoebe superbe lyra. Hoc sollemne sacrum multos haec sumet in annos dignior est uestro nulla puella choro. Parce meo…
Tibullus, Elegiae
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…Icta dedit gemitum, tractoque a corpore ferro candida puniceo perfudit membra cruore, et dixit Potui poenas tibi, Phoebe, dedisse, sed peperisse prius duo nunc moriemur in una. Hactenus, et pariter vitam cum sanguine fudit…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…chaos omnia ; mixtis Sidera sideribus concurrent ignea pontum Astra petent tellus extendere litora nolet, Excutietque fretum fratri contraria Phoebe Ibit, et, oblicum bigas agitare per orbem Indignata, diem poscet sibi totaque discors Machina divulsi turbabit foedera…
Lucan, Pharsalia
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…scelerata paternam. Adiectura preces erat his Latona relatis desine Phoebus ait poenae mora longa querella est. Dixit idem Phoebe celerique per aera lapsu contigerant tecti Calmeida nubibus arcem. Planus erat lateque patens prope moenia campus, adsiduis pulsatus…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
(Φοίβη). (1) A special name of Artemis as moon-goddess. See Artemis; Selené.
(2) The daughter of Uranus and Gaea, and mother by Coeus of Asteria and Leto ( Theog. 136, 404).
(3) A sister of Clytaemnestra (Ovid, Heroid. viii. 77).
- mother of some of the daughters of Danaus: Apollod. 2.1.5
- daughter of Sky and Earth: Apollod. 1.1.2
- wife of Coeus, mother of Asteria and Latona: Apollod. 1.2.2