In
ancient Greek religion,
Phoebe (
Greek: Φοίβη
Phoibe), was one of the original
Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of
Uranus and
Gaia. She was traditionally associated with the moon (see
Selene), as in
Michael Drayton's
Endimion and Phœbe (1595), the first extended treatment of the
Endymion myth in English. Her consort was her brother
Coeus, with whom she had two daughters,
Leto, who bore
Apollo and
Artemis, and
Asteria, a star-goddess who bore an only daughter
Hecate. Given the meaning of her name and her association with the
Delphic oracle, Phoebe was perhaps seen as the Titan goddess of prophecy and oracular intellect.