Phobos (Fear)

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Greek deity mythological figure personification

Phobos (Fear) is the Greek personification of terror and panic, often depicted accompanying Ares in battle.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Phobos	2
Phobos (Fear) canonical	1
Phobos from Greek mythology	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1014820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Phobos (Fear)
Context triple: [Ares, parentOfPersonification, Phobos (Fear)]

A. Phobos
Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars’s two small, irregularly shaped moons, known for its rapid orbit and heavily cratered surface.
B. Deimos
Deimos is the smaller and outermost of Mars's two irregularly shaped moons, known for its dark, cratered surface and low gravity.
C. Dysnomia
Dysnomia is the small natural satellite of the distant dwarf planet Eris in the outer Solar System.
D. Eos
Eos is the Greek goddess of the dawn, known for bringing the first light of day and often depicted with rosy fingers or golden wings.
E. Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Phobos (Fear)
Target entity description: Phobos (Fear) is the Greek personification of terror and panic, often depicted accompanying Ares in battle.

A. Phobos
Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars’s two small, irregularly shaped moons, known for its rapid orbit and heavily cratered surface.
B. Deimos
Deimos is the smaller and outermost of Mars's two irregularly shaped moons, known for its dark, cratered surface and low gravity.
C. Dysnomia
Dysnomia is the small natural satellite of the distant dwarf planet Eris in the outer Solar System.
D. Eos
Eos is the Greek goddess of the dawn, known for bringing the first light of day and often depicted with rosy fingers or golden wings.
E. Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ personification ⓘ
accompanies	Ares ⓘ
appearsIn	Homeric tradition ⓘ later Greek literature ⓘ
associatedConcept	phobia ⓘ
associatedWith	Ares ⓘ Deimos ⓘ Homer ⓘ
category	Greek war deities ⓘ personifications in Greek mythology ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain	battle ⓘ warfare ⓘ
etymology	Greek word for fear ⓘ
father	Ares ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
greekName	Φόβος ⓘ
influencedTerm	astronomical name Phobos ⓘ
mother	Aphrodite ⓘ
mythologicalFunction	embodiment of the fear experienced in combat ⓘ
oftenDepictedWith	Ares ⓘ Deimos ⓘ
parentageTradition	son of Ares and Aphrodite ⓘ
personificationOf	fear ⓘ panic ⓘ terror ⓘ
roleInMythology	causes panic on the battlefield ⓘ inspires fear in warriors ⓘ
romanEquivalent	Metus ⓘ
sibling	Adrestia ⓘ Anteros ⓘ Deimos ⓘ Eros (primordial) ⓘ surface form: Eros Erotes ⓘ Ἁρμονία ⓘ surface form: Harmonia
symbolism	psychological fear ⓘ terror of war ⓘ
typeOfDeity	daimon ⓘ
worship	minor cult presence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ares → parentOfPersonification → Phobos (Fear) ⓘ

Aphrodite → child → Phobos (Fear) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phobos

Phobos → isNamedAfter → Phobos (Fear) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phobos from Greek mythology

Children of Aphrodite → hasMember → Phobos (Fear) ⓘ