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Phoebe

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.

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