'Phoebus Apollo may refer to
- Apollo, a figure in Greek and Roman mythology
- Parnassius phoebus, a swallowtail butterfly commonly known as the Phoebus Apollo
Famous quotes containing the words phoebus and/or apollo:
“Downy windows, close,
And golden Phoebus never be beheld
Of eyes again so royal!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“blue bead on the wick,
there’s that in me that
burns and chills, blackening
my heart with its soot,
I think sometimes not Apollo heard me
but a different god.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)