Phoebe

Phoebe, 19th century unsigned painting from Continental School, Oil on Canvas, 27" x 22".

Phoebe was one of the original Titans, the giant sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. Traditionally associated with the moon, she was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis. By Coeus she mothered Leto and Asteria. She received control of the Oracle at Delphi from Thetis, according to a minority of sources.

Saturn moon Phoebe

John A. Sanford, Fate, Love, and Ecstasy: Wisdom from the Lesser-Known Goddesses of the Greeks ,Chiron Publications 1995

Phoebe was also a daughter of Leucippus


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