Deimus and Phobus were the gods or personified spirits (daemons) of fear.
Residence: Mount Olympus
Parents: Ares and Aphrodite
Siblings: Anterus, Pothus, Himerus, Eros, Harmonia and Adrestia
Roman equivalent: Metus, Pavor
Deimus represented terror and dread, while his brother Phobus was panic, flight and rout. They were sons of the war-god Ares who accompanied their father into battle, driving his chariot and spreading fear in his wake. As sons of Aphrodite, goddess of love, the twins also represented fear of loss.
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