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Phoebe
In Greek mythology, Phoebe referred to several people.
- One is the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and 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.
- One was one of the Heliades
- Another was the daughter of Leucippus, beloved by Castor and Polydeuces and Idas and Lynceus.
- Another name for Artemis
- Helen's sister, daughter of Leda
Phoebe is also the name of a small outer moon of Saturn, and Acorn, Ltd's never-released Phoebe RISC PC
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