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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Phoibos
Meaning
Phoibos is invoked in the Prayer and Apollo hymn, born with Artemis from Leto, and taught ordinances by Themis. At LXVII.6 Phoibos Apollo is explicitly named as the source of Asklepios's strong shoot. Those local naming and relationship phrases are the grounds for interpretation, not a free-standing biography attached to the name.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Φοῖβε; Φοῖβον; Φοῖβόν; Φοίβου
Occurrence inventory
5 in total. Prayer.7; XXXIV.1; XXXV.4; LXVII.6; LXXIX.6