Phobos (mythology)
| Phobos | |
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Personification of fear | |
Possibly Phobos and Ares in Ares's chariot (510-530 BCE). | |
| Abodes | Mount Olympus |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Ares and Aphrodite |
| Siblings | Erotes, Deimos, Phlegyas, Harmonia, Enyalios, Thrax, Oenomaus, and Amazons |
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Phobos (Ancient Greek: Φόβος, lit. 'flight, fright', pronounced [pʰóbos], Latin: Phobus) is the god and personification of fear and panic in Greek mythology. Phobos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Deimos. He does not have a major role in mythology outside of being his father's attendant.
In Classical Greek mythology, Phobos exists as both the god of and personification of the fear brought by war.
His name is transliterated in Latin as Phobus, but his counterpart in Roman mythology is Pavor or Terror.