Phoebus

Proper noun

Phoebus

1. (Greek) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios.
   • Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion,
     The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne,
     To whom I am a neighbour, and neere bred.
     Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne,
     Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles,
     And let vs make inciſion for your loue,
     To proue whoſe blood is reddeſt, his or...c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
2. (Greek, Roman) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.
   • By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; […]1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III
   • The heaven doth not contain so many stars,
     So many leaves not prostrate lie in woods,
     When autumn’s old and Boreas sounds his wars,
     So many waves have not the ocean floods,
     As my rent mind hath torments all the night,17th century, William Drummond, Sextain I, in English Poetry, published 1907, page 162