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 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>
+== The ''Iliad'' ==
+There are many places within the ''[[Iliad]]'', where [[Homer]] mentions the presence of Phobos and Deimos. Some references are:
+Homer, ''Iliad'' 11. 36 ff:"[The shield of Agamemnon:] And he took up the man-enclosing elaborate stark shield, a thing of splendour. There were ten circles of bronze upon it, and set about it were twenty knobs of tin, pale-shining, and in the very centre another knob of dark cobalt. And circled in the midst of all was the blank-eyed face of the Gorgo (Gorgon) with her stare of horror, and Deimos (Dread) was inscribed upon it, and Phobos (Fear).
+Homer, ''Iliad'' 15. 119 ff:"So he [Ares] spoke, and ordered Deimos (Dread) and Phobos (Fear) to harness his horses, and himself got into his shining armour."