Phoebe | |
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Goddess of the Oracle of Delphi | |
Member of the Titans | |
A fresco of Herculaneum depicting Phoebe trying to pacify Leto and Niobe, while Hilearia and Agle play knucklebones, painted and signed by an artist named "Alexander of Athens", 1st century AD, now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples) | |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Uranus and Gaia |
Siblings |
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Consort | Coeus |
Offspring | Leto, Asteria |
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Phoebe (/ˈfiːbi/ FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") is one of the first generation of Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia.[1] She was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis, and the witchcraft goddess Hecate. According to myth, she was the original owner of the site of the Oracle of Delphi before gifting it to her grandson Apollo. Her name, meaning "bright", was also given to a number of lunar goddesses like Artemis and later the Roman goddesses Luna and Diana, but Phoebe herself was not actively treated as a moon goddess in her own right in ancient mythology.