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 In the ''[[Seven Against Thebes]]'' by [[Aeschylus]], the seven warriors slaughter a bull over a black shield and then "...touching the bull's gore with their hands they swore an oath by Ares, by [[Enyo]], and by Rout [Phobos]".<ref>[[Aeschylus]], ''[[Seven Against Thebes (play)|Seven Against Thebes]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0014%3Acard%3D39 41]</ref> According to [[Stesichorus]], Ares's son, Kyknos, "...beheaded strangers who came along in order to build a temple to Phobos (fear) from the skulls."<ref>Stesichorus, Fragment 207</ref>
+==Depictions==
+Hesiod depicts Phobos on the shield of Heracles as "…staring backwards with eyes that glowed with fire. His mouth was full of teeth in a white row, fearful and daunting…"<ref>Hesiod, ''Shield of Heracles'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0128 139]</ref>
+Phobos often is depicted as having a lion's or lion-like head. This may be seen in ''Description of Greece'' by [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], "On the shield of Agamemnon is Phobos (Fear), who[se] head is a lion's…".<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D19%3Asection%3D4 5.19.4]</ref>