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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Deimos''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|m|ɒ|s}}<ref>Beekes, s.v. δεῖμα, pp. 309–10.</ref> {{IPA|el|dêːmos|pron}}) is the personification of fear.<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Deimos.</ref> He is the son of [[Ares]] and [[Aphrodite]], and the brother of [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]]. Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread and terror that befell those before a battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic in the midst of battle. | In [[Greek mythology]], '''Deimos''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|m|ɒ|s}}<ref>Beekes, s.v. δεῖμα, pp. 309–10.</ref> {{IPA|el|dêːmos|pron}}) is the personification of fear.<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Deimos.</ref> He is the son of [[Ares]] and [[Aphrodite]], and the brother of [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]]. Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread and terror that befell those before a battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic in the midst of battle. | ||
== Genealogy == | == Genealogy == | ||
In [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'', Deimos is the son of [[Ares]] and Cytherea ([[Aphrodite]]), and the sibling of [[Phobos ( | In [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'', Deimos is the son of [[Ares]] and Cytherea ([[Aphrodite]]), and the sibling of [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]] and [[Harmonia]].<ref>Gantz, p. 80; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]],'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D901 933].</ref> According to the Greek antiquarian Semus of [[Delos]], Deimos is the father of the monster [[Scylla]].<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Deimos; ''[[FGrHist]]'' 396 F22.</ref> | ||
== Mythology == | |||
Deimos mainly appears in an assistant role to his father, who causes disorder in armies. In the ''[[Iliad]]'', he accompanied his father, Ares, into battle with the Goddess of Discord, [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], and his brother [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]] (fear).<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D4%3Acard%3D401 4.436]</ref> In the ''[[Shield of Heracles|Shield of Herakles]]'', Phobos and Deimos accompany Ares into battle and remove him from the field once [[Heracles|Herakles injures him]].<ref>Hesiod, ''[[Shield of Heracles]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0128%3Acard%3D443 460]</ref> The poet [[Antimachus of Colophon|Antimachus]], in a misrepresentation of Homer's account, portrays Deimos and Phobos as the horses of Ares.<ref>Matthews, p. 150.</ref> In [[Nonnus]]' ''Dionysiaca'', [[Zeus]] arms Phobos with lightning and Deimos with thunder to frighten [[Typhon]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''Dionysiaca,'' 2.414</ref> Later in the work, Phobos and Deimos act as Ares' charioteers to battle [[Dionysus]] during his war against the Indians.<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'', 29.364</ref> | |||