InGreek mythology,Phoebe (/ˈfiːbi/FEE-bee;Ancient Greek:Φοίβη,romanized: Phoíbē,lit. 'bright, shining') is the name or epithet of the following characters:

• Phoebe, one of the twelveTitans, sister-wife ofCoeus and mother ofLeto andAsteria.^[1]
• Phoebe, daughter ofLeucippus.^[2]
• Phoebe, ahamadryad who became one of KingDanaus's many wives or concubines and possible mother of some of theseDanaïdes: Hippodamia,Rhodia,Cleopatra,Asteria,Glauce,Hippomedusa,Gorge,Iphimedusa andRhode.^[3]Apollodorus only identified these daughters of Danaus by Phoebe andAtlantia (another hamadryad), not specifying who was the daughter of the other. These ten women joined thesons ofAegyptus who were begotten by Eurryroe, traditionally seen as anArabian woman, a naiad, daughter ofNilus (theNile) and a sister ofEuropa. Later on, these princesses slew their cousin-husbands during their wedding night.^[3] According toHippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman,Europe, daughter of theriver-godNilus.^[4] In some accounts, he married his cousinMelia, daughter ofAgenor, king ofTyre.^[5] Other classic poets give a number of mothers to the sons of Aegyptus and the daughters of Danaus.Argyphia,Tyria, the naiadCaliadne,Gorgo andHephaestine are also given as mothers of the sons of Aegyptos. According to Apollodorus twelve of whom were born to the naiadPolyxo; six toPieria; two toElephantis; four to QueenEuropa; ten to thehamadryadnymphsAtlanteia and Phoebe; seven to anAethiopian woman; three toMemphis; two to Herse and lastly four toCrino.
• Phoebe, one of theHeliades.^[6]
• Phoebe, aSpartan princess who was the daughter of KingTyndareus andLeda, daughter of KingThestius ofPleuron. She was the (half-)sister ofCastor and Pollux,Helen,Clytemnestra,Timandra andPhilonoe.^[7]
• Phoebe, one of theAmazons who fought againstHeracles.^[8]
• Phoebe, an epithet ofArtemis, also shared bySelene.

Also,Phoebe (crater) on Saturn's small moonJanus is named after Phoebe of Messenia.

• Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Diodorus Siculus,The Library of History translated byCharles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes.Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8.Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus,Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Euripides,The Plays of Euripides, translated by E. P. Coleridge. Volume II. London. George Bell and Sons. 1891.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Euripides,Euripidis Fabulae.vol. 3. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod,Theogony fromThe Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John,Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.Online version at theio.com

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• Epithets of Artemis
• Dryads
• Mythological Laconians
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• Selene
• Children of Leda (mythology)

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