Captain Phoebus Captain Phoebus "Capitaine" Phœbus de Châteaupers is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame". He is the Captain of the King Louis XI's Archers. His name comes from Phoebus, the Greek god of the sun (also called Apollo). In the original novel, Phoebus is an antagonist. Despite being of noble birth and very handsome, he is also vain, untrustworthy, and a womanizer. He saves Esmeralda from Quasimodo and she falls in love with him. Phoebus makes a convincing show of returning her affections, but merely wants a night of
Notre-Dame de Paris (musical) cutting down Esmeralda’s body from the gibbet, Quasimodo appears and demands that they give him her body. Driving them away, he kneels beside her body and mourns her, promising to stay with her and that even in death they will not be parted ("Danse, Mon Esmeralda"). After the curtain call, Gringoire leads the cast in a reprise of "Le Temps des Cathedrales". 1. Overture — Orchestra 2. The Age of the Cathedrals — Gringoire 3. The Refugees — Clopin & Chorus 4. Frollo's Intervention — Frollo & Phoebus 5. The Bohemian Song — Esmeralda 6. Esmeralda, You See — Clopin