Phoibe (titanine)
Phoibe ( ancient Greek Φοίβη Phoíbē , German 'the shining one' , in older transcription also Phoebe ) is a titan of Greek mythology .
She is the daughter of Uranus and Gaia , the wife of the titan Koios and from this mother of Asteria and Leto and thus the grandmother of Apollon , Artemis and Hecate .
After Aeschylus , after Gaia and Themis, she was the owner of the oracle of Delphi , which she passed on to Apollo on the occasion of his birthday.
A representation of Phoibe can be found on the south frieze of the Pergamon Altar , where she pulls against the giants with a torch in her hand . She is accompanied by her daughter Asteria, who is holding a sword.
Pedigree of the Titans
| chaos | → | Gaia | → | Uranus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Family of gods | of the titans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oceanus | Kreios | Hyperion | Theia | Themis | Phoibe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kronos | Koios | Iapetos | Rhea | Mnemosyne | Tethys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literature
- Gustav Türk : Phoibe 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2396 f. ( Digitized version ).