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'''Phobos''' ({{langx|grc|Φόβος||flight, fright}},<ref>Beekes, s.v. φέβομαι, p. 1559.</ref> {{IPA|el|pʰóbos|pron}}, [[Latin]]: ''Phobus'') is the [[Deity|god]] and [[personification]] of [[fear]] and [[panic]] in [[Greek mythology]]. Phobos was the son of [[Ares]] and [[Aphrodite]], and the brother of [[Deimos (deity)|Deimos]]. He does not have a major role in mythology outside of being his father's attendant.<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D901 933].</ref>
'''Phobos''',<ref>Beekes, s.v. φέβομαι, p. 1559.</ref> {{IPA|el|pʰóbos|pron}}, [[Latin]]: ''Phobus'') is the [[Deity|god]] and [[personification]] of [[fear]] and [[panic]] in [[Greek mythology]]. Phobos was the son of [[Ares]] and [[Aphrodite]], and the brother of [[Deimos (deity)|Deimos]]. He does not have a major role in mythology outside of being his father's attendant.<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D901 933].</ref>


In Classical Greek mythology, Phobos exists as both the god of and personification of the fear brought by war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Webster |first=T. B. L. |date=1954-01-01 |title=Personification as a Mode of Greek Thought |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/750130 |journal=Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes |volume=17 |issue=1–2 |pages=10–21 |doi=10.2307/750130 |jstor=750130 |s2cid=195042211 |issn=0075-4390|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In Classical Greek mythology, Phobos exists as both the god of and personification of the fear brought by war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Webster |first=T. B. L. |date=1954-01-01 |title=Personification as a Mode of Greek Thought |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/750130 |journal=Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes |volume=17 |issue=1–2 |pages=10–21 |doi=10.2307/750130 |jstor=750130 |s2cid=195042211 |issn=0075-4390|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


His name is transliterated in [[Latin]] as '''Phobus''', but his counterpart in [[Roman mythology]] is '''Pavor''' or '''Terror'''.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
His name is transliterated in [[Latin]] as '''Phobus''', but his counterpart in [[Roman mythology]] is '''Pavor''' or '''Terror'''.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
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