god
Phoebe
also: the Moon
The moon-goddess, sister of Phoebus the sun; in the Oedipus she glides dim through the plague-darkened sky.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §840 pale Phoebe
Phoebe, the Moon; her team too was bidden to move slowly to lengthen the night of Hercules' begetting.
- Oedipus §28 sister of Phoebus
Phoebe, the Moon, sister of the sun-god, gliding dim through the clouded sky.
- Oedipus §247 night-wandering Phoebe
The Moon, Phoebus's sister, forever meeting her brother as she crosses the night sky.