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Deimos

The Dread · Son of Ares · Companion of Ares

01Identity

Deimos in Greek tradition

Ares fathered Deimos with Aphrodite while she was married to Hephaestus. Deimos represented Terror and embodied the fearsome effects of war. Through Ares, he descended from Zeus and Hera, because Ares was their son. He belonged with the dreadful forces associated with Ares and the brutal violence of battle. Alongside Phobos, who represented Fear, Deimos gave a name and form to an emotion associated with war. He had no separate myth in which he acted as the main figure. He appeared as a figure linked to the terror and violence of warfare.

Top questions

The quick answers

  • Who is Deimos?

    Deimos is a Greek deity associated with dread; terror; panic in battle; fear inspired by war; and rout and flight.
    Source

    Source

    • War in Greek Mythology
    • Greek Mythology: August 2018
    • Dictionary of Mythology

  • What is Deimos the god of?

    Deimos is associated with dread; terror; panic in battle; fear inspired by war; and rout and flight.
    Source

    Source

    • War in Greek Mythology
    • Greek Mythology: August 2018

  • What family links are recorded for Deimos?

    Father: Ares, Mother: Aphrodite, 1 sibling.
02Family

Deimos’s family, at a glance

AresAphrodite
DeimosPhobos
03The names

The names Deimos answers to

Deimus

Latinized spelling of Deimos

SourceDictionary of Mythology

Dread

English rendering of the Greek name Deimos

SourceWar in Greek Mythology

Terror

English rendering of Deimos as a personification

SourceGreek Mythology: August 2018

04Related stories

Where Deimos is mentioned

Mentioned in

Stories elsewhere on MythSource that mention Deimos, each on that figure’s page.