Belphoebe Belphoebe Belphoebe (or "Belphebe", "Belphœbe") is a character in Edmund Spenser's poem "The Faerie Queene" (1590), a representation of Queen Elizabeth I (conceived of, however, as a pure, high-spirited maiden, rather than a queen). Spenser intended her name to mean "beautiful Diana" (Phoebe being an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, who was known to the Romans as Diana), and it is suggested that she is a member of Poseidon's family. A virgin huntress, Belphoebe can certainly fight, as a potential rapist found out. She is the stronger, militant sister of Amoret. Belphoebe is mentioned in Kipling's poem "The
Minerva Berlin Minerva Berlin Minerva 93 Berlin is a German association football club from the district of Moabit in the city of Berlin. The club was established 10 May 1893 as "Berliner Fußball Club Minerva" taking its name from the Roman goddess of wisdom. A merger with "Wilmersdorfer FC Frühling" in 1896 led to the club taking on the name "Sport-Club Minerva 93 Berlin". In 1900, the team played a single season as part of the Freie Berliner Fußballvereinigung (FBF), one of several early competing top tier leagues in Berlin. They were joined in 1904 by "Berolina Moabit" – also part of