Phobos (mythology)

Not to be confused with Phoebus, an epithet of the Greek god Apollo.
Phobos
Personification of fear
Possibly Phobos and Ares in Ares's chariot (510-530 BCE).
AbodesMount Olympus
Genealogy
ParentsAres and Aphrodite
SiblingsErotes, Deimos, Phlegyas, Harmonia, Enyalios, Thrax, Oenomaus, and Amazons

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.

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