Phorus
(
*Fu/bos), Latin
Metus, the personification of fear, is described as a son of Ares and Cvthereia, a brother of Deimos, and is one of the ordinary companions of Ares. (
Hom. Il. 11.37,
13.299,
15.119; Hes.
Hes. Th. 934.) Phobus was represented on the shield of Agamemnon, on the chest of Cypsellls, with the head of a lion. (
Paus. 5.19.1.)
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