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Deimos
Deimos
La Crainte
Son of Aphrodite and Arès
Brother of Phobos, Harmonie and Antéros


In Greek mythology, Deimos ("dread") was the personification of dread. He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He, his brother Phobos and the goddess Enyo accompanied Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread, and Panic.

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Biography   
His Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Asaph Hall, who discovered the moons of Mars, named one Deimos, and the other Phobos. On the modern monument to the battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas's shield has a representation of Deimos.
In connection with Mars
Work(s)' related   
Pergamon Museum
Model
Combat des Dieux contre les Titans : Frise A
Sculpture
Anonymous
(from 180 to 159 B.C.)
Deimos

Mars