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Phoebus is the Latin form of Greek ''Phoibos'' 'Shining-one', a byname used in classical mythology for the god Apollo . Under the alternative spelling Phevos or Phivos (pron. Fivos) and together with Athena , he was a mascot of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . Classical Latin poets also used ''Phoebus'' as a byname for the sun-god, whence common references in later European poetry to Phoebus and his car ("chariot") as a metaphor for the sun. But in mythological texts the Sun-god and Apollo are otherwise not confused or identified. For example, in Ovid 's '' Metamorphoses '' the hero Phaeton is son of Phoebus the sun-god, not son of Phoebus Apollo. He should not be confused with Phobos . |
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