The original Phoebe was a daughter of the Titans.

The sun has since ancient times mostly been 'classified' as male, and so the moon, his opposite, is female (Brother Francis of Assissi in his 'Canticle of the Sun' where all things are his brothers and sisters, refers to 'Brother Sun and Sister Moon' although the hymn 'All creatures of our God and King' makes it 'burning sun and silver moon'). I've always felt that the moon is feminine in that its aspect increases to a fullness which appears at about the same interval as menstruation. But that's just my thoughts...

Phoebus is the masculine form of Phoebe, so to say 'bright Phoebe' is actually a tortology.

Phoebe was also the name of the first woman deacon specifically mentioned as such in the Bible...

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