Phoebe (mythology)
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| Greek deities series |
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| Primordial deities | |
| Olympians | |
| Aquatic deities | |
| Chthonic deities | |
| Personified concepts | |
| Other deities | |
| Titans | |
| The Twelve Titans: | |
| Oceanus and Tethys, | |
| Hyperion and Theia, | |
| Coeus and Phoebe, | |
| Cronus and Rhea, | |
| Mnemosyne, Themis, | |
| Crius, Iapetus | |
| Sons of Iapetus: | |
| Atlas, Prometheus, | |
| Epimetheus, Menoetius | |
Phoebe (pronounced "fē-bē"), in her name simply the feminine counterpart of Phoebus, was one of the original Titans, one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia in Greek mythology. She was traditionally associated with the moon (see Selene). Her consort was her brother Coeus with whom she had two children Leto and Asteria. Through Leto she was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis. The names Phoebe and Phoebus came to be applied as a synonym for Artemis and an epithet of Apollo. She received control of the Oracle at Delphi from Themis, according to a minority of sources.[citation needed]
[edit] Astronomy
Phoebe is the outermost of Saturn's known satellites. Phoebe is almost four times more distant from Saturn than its nearest neighbor (Iapetus).
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