Deimos

Greek personification of dread and terror, son of Ares and Aphrodite and brother of Phobos and Harmonia. Paired with Phobos as the constant battle-companion of Ares, the two driving the ranks of men into rout (Hesiod, Theogony 934).

Parentage

• parent: Ares
• parent: Aphrodite

Domains

• terror
• war

Powers

• Drive the ranks of men into dread and rout beside Ares

Relations

• sibling: PhobosHes. Theog. 933-936 (primary)
• sibling: HarmoniaHes. Theog. 933-937 (primary)
• sibling: AnterosCic. Nat. D. 3.59-60 with Hes. Theog. 933-937 (Ares-Aphrodite offspring) (secondary)
• companion: AresAttends his father Ares in battle.Hom. Il. 15.119-120 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 933-937; Homer, Iliad 4.440, 11.37, 15.119-120; Apollodorus 3.4.2 (primary)
• parentage: Hesiod, Theogony 933-937 (primary)