PHOEBUS

Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo

(noun) (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Phoebus

(Greek god) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios, after his maternal aunt, Phoebe.

(Greek god, Roman god) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.

Source: Wiktionary


Phoe"bus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Class. Myth.)

Definition: Apollo; the sun god.

2. The sun. "Phoebus 'gins arise." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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