god
Phoebus
also: Apollo, Phoebus Apollo
Phoebus Apollo, god of music and poetry; the 'songs of Phoebus' stand for the summit of musical art.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §5.7 Phoebus
Phoebus Apollo, god of prophecy, whose Delphic oracle spoke through the Pythia.
- On the Nature of Things §6.3 Delphic laurel of Phoebus
Phoebus Apollo, god of Delphi; his laurel, burned, was proverbial for its loud crackle, which Lucretius uses to illustrate how dry clouds catch fire with a roar.