Dashing hope to live as goddess (6)
I believe the answer is:
phoebe
'goddess' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'dashing hope to live' is the wordplay.
'dashing' indicates an anagram (dash can mean hit or destroy).
'to live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'hope' anagrammed gives 'phoe'.
'phoe'+'be'='PHOEBE'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for phoebe that I've seen before include "Greek goddess of the moon" , "Apollo's sister Artemis, the moon goddess" , "Old poetic name for moon, and satellite of Saturn" , "Daughter of Uranus and Gaia" , "Titan, daughter of Uranus -- satellite of Saturn" .)