Phobos

Greek personification of panic and battlefield rout, son of Ares and Aphrodite and brother of Deimos and Harmonia. With Deimos he attends and drives the chariot of Ares; Hesiod (Theogony 934) names the pair as those who drive the close ranks of men in chilling war. Depicted with a lion-head on the shield of Agamemnon (Iliad 11.36-37) and on the shield of Heracles.

Parentage

• parent: Ares
• parent: Aphrodite

Domains

• fear

Relations

• sibling: DeimosConstant battle-companions, the twin terrors yoked to Ares chariot.Hes. 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, harnessing his horses.Hom. Il. 15.119-120 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 933-937; Homer, Iliad 4.440, 13.299, 15.119-120; Apollodorus 3.4.2 (primary)
• parentage: Hesiod, Theogony 933-937 (primary)