Belphoebe

"... she had a look, he thought fancifully, of a modern Belphoebe in those garments, sunny hair and the accoutrements of a huntress."


Belphoebe (bel fee'bee, Greek, "sharp light")
The name may have been coined by Edmund Spenser for his character in The Faerie Queene. The Greek word belos means "dart" while phoibos
(root of the familiar Phoebe) means "light."


Spenser's Belphoebe is a well-armed virgin huntress, a version of both the goddess Diana and Queen Elizabeth I, and a militant personification of chastity. Her fighting skills are repeatedly tested and proven.