Phoebus

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This article is about the Greek God. For the European cartel, see Phoebus cartel.

Phoebus ([fi:bəs] or [foi:bəs]) is the Latin form of Greek Phoibos 'Shining-one', a byname used in classical mythology for the god Apollo.

Under the modern Greek spelling Phevos or Phivos (pronounced "Fivos") and paired with Athena, he was a mascot of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Classical Latin poets also used Phoebus as a byname for the sun-god, whence common references in later European poetry to Phoebus and his car ("chariot") as a metaphor for the sun.

But in mythological texts the Sun-god and Apollo are otherwise not confused or identified. For example, in Ovid's Metamorphoses the hero Phaëton is son of Phoebus the sun-god, not son of Phoebus Apollo.

He should not be confused with Phobos.