Enya'lius
(
*)Enua/lios), the warlike, frequently occurs in the
Iliad (never in the
Odyssey) either as an epithet of Ares, or as a proper name instead of Ares. (17.211, 2.651, 7.166, 8.264, 13.519, 17.259, 18.309, 20.69; comp.
Pind. O. 13.102,
Nem. 9.37.)
At a later time, however, Enyalius and Ares were distinguished as two different gods of war, and Enyalius was looked upon as a son of Ares and Enyo, or of Cronos and Rhea. (
Aristoph. Peace 457;
Dionys. A. R. 3.48;
Eustath. ad Hom. p. 944.)
The name is evidently derived from Enyo, though one tradition derived it from a Thracian Enyalius, who received into his house those only who conquered him in single combat, and for the same reason refused to receive Ares, but the latter slew him. (
Eustath. ad Hom. p. 673.)
The youths of Sparta sacrificed young dogs to Ares under the name of Enyalius (
Paus. 3.14.9), and near the temple of Hipposthenes, at Sparta, there stood the ancient fettered statue of Enyalius. (
Paus. 3.15.5; comp. ARES.) Dionysus, too, is said to have been surnamed Enyalius. (
Macr. 1.19.)
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