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Phonoi

deity earth Greek single tradition · 2

The Phonoi were spirits of murder in Greek mythology. They were children of Eris and part of Ares' battlefield entourage.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Spirits of murder in Greek mythology, children of Eris.

Relationships

co occurs with
Spartoi, Alala, Keres, Polemos, Phobos, Deimos
serves
Ares
sibling of
Androktasiai, Makhai, Hysminai, Machai
child of
Éris

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Alala
  2. Hysminai

Source passages

“Eris/Discordia, with the Androktasiai, Makhai, Hysminai, and the Phonoi (Eris' children)”

#27553 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Hesiod's Theogony, line 228, lists four personified plural abstractions, the Hysminai (Combats), the Machai (Battles), the Phonoi (Murders), and the Androktasiai (Slaughters), as being among the offspring of Eris (Strife): Ὑσμίνας τε Μάχας τε Φόνους τ’ Ἀνδροκτασίας τε”

#28673 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001