Thursday 19 September 2013

Phoebe


Phoebe titan daughter of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth), and goddess of the "bright" intellect. Phoebe consort was her brother Coeus, with whom she had two daughters Leto (who bore Apollo and Athremis) and Asteria (a star goddess who bore a daughter Hecate)

      Phoebe was in possession of the Delphic oracle after Themis ( she was the third goddess to hold the oracle of Delphic) which she gifted to her grandson Apollo on his birthday.

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