II. as pr. n., Φ ο ῖβος, ὁ, Phoebus, i.e. the Bright or Pure, an old epith. of Apollo, “Φ . Ἀπόλλων” Il.1.43, al.; rarely inverted, “Ἀπόλλων φ ο ῖβος” 20.68, Hes.Fr.194: then alone as pr. n., Il.1.443, Alcm.61, etc.
2. prophet, BCH55.85 (Panamara).