Enyalios
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Enyalios ( ancient Greek Ἐνυάλιος 'the warrior' , Latin Enyalius ) is usually an epithet of Ares in Greek mythology , but he also occurs as an independent deity.
He is known as the god of battle or the god of the sword. According to stories he is the son of Ares and Aphrodite and thus brother of Eros and his most important companion. Another account is that Enyalios came out of a brief relationship with the pretty girl Aleithina that Ares had lost. He is portrayed as very pretty, but also as very cruel and cold-blooded, he is also said to have many exiles, but he had no offspring. Enyalos is the twin of Enyo and the brother of the many children of Ares and Aphrodite - so he is very close to Deimos and Phobos . Often he is depicted in armor, because he has inherited the warlike part of his father. His beauty, which rather embellishes and also hides the wild strength and the sadism associated with him , is regarded as an inheritance from his mother.
Enyalios in primary literature
In the comedy The Peace of Aristophanes , Enyalios is briefly mentioned as an independent demon of war in the seventh scene of the first act.
"Trygäos: ( by the gods pours, which he calls, donations )
to the Hermes and the Graces ,
the Hours and the Kypris and the Eros this!
The choir : And Ares -?
Trygäos: No!
The choir: Not even Enyalios?
Trygäos: O no! "
literature
- Johann Adam Hartung: The religion and mythology of the Greeks. 1865 ( books.google.de ).
- Hartmut Erbse : Investigations into the function of the gods in the Homeric epic. de Gruyter, Berlin 1986 ( books.google.de ).
- Leonhard Schmitz: Enyalius . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 2 : Ea'rinus, Fla'vius – Nyx . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 21 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ artflx.uchicago.edu
- ↑ Digital Library Vol. 18: Lexicon of Antiquity : Enyalios. , P. 1573, ISBN 978-3-89853-418-5
- ^ Aristophanes : The peace in the project Gutenberg-DE