Enyo

:"This article is about the Greek deity Enyo. See Bellona (goddess) for her better-known Roman counterpart."

Enyo (Greek: Ἐνυώ, English translation: "warlike") in Greek mythology, was an ancient goddess of war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. She is also identified as his sister, and daughter of Zeus and Hera [Quintus Smyrnaeus 8.424] , in a role closely resembling that of Eris; with Homer (in particular) representing the two as the same goddess. She is also accredited as the mother of Enyalius, a minor war god, by Ares [Eustathius on Homer 944] . However, the name Enyalius can also be used as a title for Ares himself.

As goddess of war, Enyo is responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cities, often accompanying Ares into battle [Homer, Iliad 5. 333, 592] , and depicted "as supreme in war" [Pausanias, Description of Greece 4. 30. 5] . During the fall of Troy, Enyo inflicted horror and bloodshead in the war, along with Eris, and Phobos ("Fear") and Deimos ("Dread"), the two sons of Ares [Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy] . She was also connected to the Roman goddess of war, Bellona, and the Anatolian goddess Ma.

At Thebes and Orchomenos, a festival called Homolôïa was celebrated in honour of Zeus, Demeter, Athena and Enyo, and Zeus was said to have received the surname of Homoloïus from Homoloïs, a priestess of Enyo. [Suid. s. v.; comp. Müller, Orchom. p. 229, 2nd edit. (cited by Schmitz)] A statue of Enyo, made by the sons of Praxiteles, stood in the temple of Ares at Athens. [Paus. i. 8. § 5. (cited by Schmitz)] Among the Graeae in Hesiod [Theog. 273 (cited by Schmitz)] there is one called Enyo.

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