Note 144 — THE THEOGONY.
George Chapman translation
Sire of prophecy.] Phœbus is thought to be derived from Φαος βιου, light of life: but the Greeks always associated with the name the prophetic attribute of Apollo: hence they formed from it the word φοιβαζω, to prophecy: as βακχευν, to celebrate orgies or madden, is formed from βακχος: like the debacchor of the Latins. Lycophron, v. 6:
Δαφιηφαγων φοιβαζεν εκ λαιμων οπα. From foaming mouth with laurel fed She pour’d the voice of prophecy.