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Phoebus
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synonyms: Apollo, Helius, Helios, Helios Hyperion, Lyceus, Sol, Phanaeus, Aegletes ???
tags: [mythology]
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Definition:1. the sun2. Apollo of Greek Mythology
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That Phoebus, which that shone so clear and bright,
Degrees was five-and-forty clomb on height;
And for that day, as in that latitude,
It was ten of the clock, he gan conclude;
Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales: The Man of Law's Prologue
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PLAYER KING. Full thirty times hath Phoebus' cart gone round
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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‘Ha! Phoebus!’ said Mr. Dick, laying down his pen. ‘How does the world go? I’ll tell you what,’ he added, in a lower tone, ‘I shouldn’t wish it to be mentioned, but it’s a—’ here he beckoned to me, and put his lips close to my ear—‘it’s a mad world. Mad as Bedlam, boy!’ said Mr. Dick, taking snuff from a round box on the table, and laughing heartily.
Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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