- Phoebe (mythology), one of the Titans
- One of the Heliades
- Phoebe (Leucippides), the daughter of Leucippus
- A surname of Artemis, feminine equivalent of Phoebus as a surname for Apollo
- Helen's sister, daughter of Leda
- A Hamadryad, one of Danaus' many wives or concubines, mother of several of the Danaides
- One of the Amazons who fought against Heracles
- Phoebe (Bible), Corinthian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 16:1
- Phebe, a shepherdess in Shakespeare's As You Like It
- Phoebe, a word used in Jacek Dukaj's science fiction novel Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość derived from the acronym of "post-human being"
- Phoebe, the little sister of Holden Caulfield in the book Catcher in the Rye
- Phoebe Winterbottom, the best friend of Salmanca Tree Hiddle in Walk Two Moons
- Phoebe, the 16-year-old pregnant girl and main character of Phoebe by Patricia Dizenzo[1]
- Phoebe Henry, a child born with down syndrome in The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- Phoebe, a demigod briefly described in The Titan's Curse, the third novel in Rick Riordan's series Percy Jackson & the Olympians
- Phoebe (magazine) a literary journal .
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Phoebe
Phoebe or Phebe is a female given name (Ancient Greek: Φοίβη), meaning "bright and shining" deriving from Greek 'phoibos' (φοιβος). Phoebe is also the name of a bird or a woman's name from the Book of Romans
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