E'nyo
(
Ἐνυώ), the goddess of war, who delights in bloodshed and the destruction of towns, and accompanies Mars in battles. (
Hom. Il. 5.333,
592; Eustath. p. 140.) At Thebes and Orchomenos, a festival called
Ὁμολώϊα was celebrated in honour of Zeus, Demeter, Athena and Enyo, and Zeus was said to have received the surname of Homoloius from Homolois, a priestess of Enyo. (Suid.
s. v.; comp. Müller,
Orchom. p. 229, 2nd edit.)
A statue of Enyo, made by the sons of Praxiteles, stood in the temple of Ares at Athens. (
Paus. 1.8.5.) Among the Graeae in Hesiod (
Hes. Th. 273) there is one called Enyo. Respecting the Roman goddess of war see BELLONA.
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