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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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