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A very old pic, near 2007, with a new edit. hope you like it :)

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LETīS WIKIATTACK!!

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, 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. 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 and depicted "as supreme in war". During the fall of Troy, Enyo inflicted horror and bloodshed in the war, along with Eris, and Phobos ("Fear") and Deimos ("Dread"), the two sons of Ares. She, Eris, and the two sons of Ares are depicted on Achilles’s shield.

Enyo was involved in the war of the Seven Against Thebes and Dionysus’s war with the Indians as well. Enyo so delighted in warfare that she even refused to take sides in the battle between Zeus and the monster Typhon:

"Eris (Strife) was Typhon's escort in the mellay, Nike (Victory) led Zeus into battle . . . impartial Enyo held equal balance between the two sides, between Zeus and Typhon, while the thunderbolts with booming shots revel like dancers in the sky."

She was also connected to the Roman goddess of war, Bellona, and the Anatolian goddess Ma.

At Thebes and Orchomenos, a festival called Homolôïa, which was celebrated in honour of Zeus, Demeter, Athena and Enyo, was said to have received the surname of Homoloïus from Homoloïs, a priestess of Enyo. A statue of Enyo, made by the sons of Praxiteles, stood in the temple of Ares at Athens.Among the Graeae in Hesiod there is one called Enyo.


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:icontramposin:
Esta es una de mis favoritas :3
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:iconright2fail:
Enyos existed in plural; they were not a single goddess, but rather a series of spirits.
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~ArchangelMarco Dec 27, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Bloody, red-haired and winged. Ideal women. ^^
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:iconforestwolfdragon:
A much more badass and sexy version of Erza Scarlett from Fairy tail when shes in her black wing armor....Just damn!!!
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:iconarchangelmarco:
Mood: Love ~ArchangelMarco Dec 27, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
I take your point! Yeah, but this badass version is more epic than normal Erza. ^^
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:iconforestwolfdragon:
By far I'd say. Erza is sexy. But this version just blows her away.
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~Deepwallow Dec 9, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Wow, nothing like a great picture and greek history! Way to go!!! You get a mariodance! :iconmariodanceplz:
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:iconmipesuves:
She looks so... pretty...
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