Who Is Deimos? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Deimos is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 84 comic issue appearances. Deimos is the personification of terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the twin brother of Phobos. Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread that befell those in the midst of battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic.

Who is Deimos?

History Deimos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite . He mainly appears in an assistant role to his father who causes disorder in armies and does not appear as an independent figure in mythology. In the Iliad , he accompanied his father, Ares, into battle along with the Goddess of Discord Eris and his twin brother Phobos (fear). In Shield of Herakles , Phobos and Deimos accompany Ares into battle and remove him from the field once he is injured by Herakles . In Nonnus' Dionysiaca , Zeus arms Phobos with lightning and Deimos with thunder to frighten Typhon . Later in the work, Phobos and Deimos act as Ares' charioteers to battle Dionysus during his war against the Indians. On the modern monument to the battle of Thermopylae, as well as the one at the city of Sparta, Leonidas ' shield has a representation of Deimos. The god’s Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus.

Key facts

Deimos is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Return to Paradise Island!". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 84 recorded issue appearances, Deimos ranks among the most featured characters in comics.