#enyalius

According to most, warlike Enyalios came from Enyo. But some say that, just as Pallas got her name on account of killing Pallas [masc.], so too Enyalios was named from a similar event. At any rate, Arrian records that when Ares came to the lands of Thrace, where the home of Enyalios was, he wished to be entertained as a guest. But Enyalios did not wish to receive him, saying that he would host no one who was not stronger than him in deeds of war. Ares responded: “Then it is time for you to host me, since I am stronger than you in war.” When Enyalios denied this, they came to blows, and after a long drawn-out battle he was finally felled by Ares, who struck him in the armour with his broad-sword (ῥομφαία). Thus, when young Ares had accomplished this great feat, he was called Enyalios after him.

᾽Ενυάλιος δὲ κατὰ μὲν τοὺς πλείους ὁ πολεμικὸς ἀπὸ τῆς ᾽Ενυοῦς. τινὲς δὲ ὥσπερ τὴν Παλλάδα διὰ φόνον τοῦ Πάλλαντος, οὕτω καὶ τὸν ᾽Ενυάλιον διά τι τοιοῦτον κεκλῆσθαί φασιν. ᾽Αρριανὸς γοῦν ἱστορεῖ ὅτι «ἐλθὼν ῎Αρης εἰς τὰ τῆς Θράικης χωρία, ὅπου τὰ οἰκία ἦν τῶι ᾽Ενυαλίωι, ἤθελε ξενισθῆναι. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἤθελε δέχεσθαι φάμενος οὐκ ἂν ξενίσαι ἄλλον ἢ ὃς κρείσσων αὑτοῦ τὰ πολέμια ἔλθοι. καὶ ὅς· ‘ὥρα σοι ξενίζειν ἐμέ, καθότι κρείσσων σού φημι τὰ πολέμια εἶναι.’ τοῦ δὲ ᾽Ενυαλίου ἀποφάσκοντος ἔρχεται εἰς χεῖρας καὶ ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς μάχης ἐκταθείσης τέλος ὁ ᾽Ενυάλιος πίπτει ὑπὸ τῶι ῎Αρει, πληγεὶς ὅπλωι τῆι ῥομφαίαι. διὸ καθότι μέγα τοῦτο ἆθλον ὁ ῎Αρης νέος ὢν ἐξετέλεσεν, ἐκαλεῖτο ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶι ᾽Ενυάλιος.»

For anybody wondering what a Rhomphaia (thracian "broad-sword") looked like.

Quirinus is an early god of the Roman state.

He was originally a Sabine war god. By the time of the poet Ennius in the 2nd century, Quirinus was considered the deified legendary first king, Romulus.

Alright I should probably come upfront and say that even within any classic mythological world or headcanon I come up with these stories these will be treated as myths within myths (if that makes any sense). Basically there's no way I'll verify if they're true in-universe and the only ones who possibly can know or verify if they're true in-universe swore upon the river Styx to never confirm if they are. Besides, a little mystery is fun~...

But having said that, it is interesting that the Gods of War could possibly be tied to the birth of so many divine conflicts. Which is why I'm going to introduce my head canon on which Titan and/or God of War was born during which event.

Pallas the Titan, The Prime Mover of Violence and Titan of War, The Titan Rebellion: Pallas the Titan (not to be confused with Pallas the Giant or Pallas, Daughter of Triton) would be born right as Kronos castrated his father Oranous. From that very day he would be the Prime Mover of Violence among the Titans and Kronos's Victory would also mark the birth of Pallas's and Styx's children Nike, Bia, Kratos (not that one), and Zelus. Unfortunately for Kronos, if one rebellion of the spawn can succeed why can't another? And even more unfortunately...he didn't chew his food after the first one...

Athena, Goddess of Divine Warfare and Wisdom, The Titanomachy: After Zeus ate Metis to prevent his next children from rising against him, he would lead his siblings and sympathetic Titans to he cause and defeat his father Kronos with the Wisdom he gained from eating Metis and unborn Athena. Her birth, inside of Zeus's head, would forever mark the birth of conflict among Gods and the Wisdom of Warfare. Fortunately for humans, they would be spared this fate, unfortunately for them, Zeus really wanted the meat of sacrifices, really unfortunately for them, Zeus caught Prometheus dealing fire and wanted to punish mortal kind and are Hera and Nyx with children?

Ares and Eris, God of Mortal Warfare and Goddess of Strife, The Opening of Pandora's Jar: The whisper among mortalkind is that when Pandora first opened the jar there was the scream like 1000 men dying in pain and chaos but it was actually Ares and Eris taking their first breaths for the first time. Eris would forever be known as a representation of the horrors and evils of Pandora's Jar and be the Winged Goddess of Strife Incarnate, while Ares would be the God who's cries and presence would cause men to fight, to kill, and to die to each other for good or for ill. Ironically enough Ares would go on to befriend Eris and have her limit her influence so wars didn't turn into genocide and both would also still have the unintentional gift of hope inside of them.

Phobos and Deimos, Fear and Terror Incarnate, The Aftermath of the Flood of Deucalion: When Zeus was disappointed in something he asked to have happen on people who had nothing to do with it, he flooded the world leaving humanity to start over, incidentally the God of War would eventually grow up and meet the Goddess of Passion and they would have two children born right as humanity first step foot on the flooded land, Phobos and Deimos, when humanity first walked upon the earth and realized how small and weak they were in the face of true divine wrath, they felt fear and dread for the first time, and that would be when Fear and Terror would breath their first breaths.

Enyo, Goddess of Destruction, The Creation of Typhon: When Gaia created Typhon to first wage war on the Olympians for...several reasons, up to and including the Titans imprisonment, Hera would give birth to another Goddess to give voice to the destruction of the Olympians...Enyo. Born during the Typhon War, when she would grow up she would revel in the bloodshed and hold impartiality between the sides just to see the war go on longer and when Zeus wanted to punish her, Ares stepped in and defended her and made her work with him so that they may revel in the destruction of war and bloodshed.

Enyalius, God of International Warfare, The Dionysis War: When war started to reach beyond the borders of the Olympian's Domain and into other countries like India where Dionysus waged his war, Enyo would give birth to a child of Ares born from Enyo's amorous fever during the deaths of 49 men. His birth would forever mark the day War became something bigger beyond the borders of men and women who paid tribute to the Olympians but also his domain paradoxically he wouldn't be seen much.

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Today You Learned about Enyalius! In Greek mythology, Enyalius/Enyalios was a minor Greek deity, whose name meant ‘warlike’. He is often taken as a son and attendant of Ares. In other takes, he was seen as another name for Ares. 

^Concept art of Ares in Rise of the Argonauts, where his descendants use the surname ‘Enyalius’.

In Sparta, it was said that the people had a statue of Enyalius in chains, because they wanted to make sure the Spirit of War stayed with the Spartan people (this is referenced in the Heroes of Olympus series!). Also, the youths of the city sacrificed puppies to him.

Mosquito biting a Enyalius lizard

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