Phoebus, myth, mythmaker.

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myth
n.

1. 1. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.
   2. Such stories considered as a group: the realm of myth.
2. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal: a star whose fame turned her into a myth; the pioneer myth of suburbia.
3. A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology.
4. A fictitious story, person, or thing: “German artillery superiority on the Western Front was a myth” (Leon Wolff).

[New Latin m[ymacr]thus, from Late Latin m[ymacr]thos, from Greek mūthos.]

Phoe·bus (fē'bəs)
n.

1. Greek Mythology. Apollo, the god of the sun.
2. The sun.

[Middle English phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Greek phoibos, shining, Apollo.]

Charles Dickens--Little Dorrit--CHAPTER 28

... that ruddy-headed gentleman shone in at the door, like an elderly Phoebus. ..

頁1031 (臘格先生 Rugg)

這位滿頭紅光的先生便亮進來 是一位上了年紀的太陽神

Winter's Tale

Act 4, Scene 4

SCENE IV. The Shepherd's cottage.

PERDITA

Bight Phoebus in his strength--a malady
Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and