A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Φοίβη).

1. A daughter of Uranus and Ge, became by Coeus the mother of Asteria and Leto. (Hes. Th. 136, 404, &c.; Apollod. 1.1.3, 2.2.) According to Aeschylus (Einm. 6) she was in possession of the Delphic oracle after Themis, and prior to Apollo.