Kydoimos

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Cydoemus /sɪˈdməs/ (Greek: Κυδοιμός Kudoimós) was the personification of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub. He is mentioned together with other personifications having to do with war.[1][2][3][4][5]

Kydoimos appears in Aristophanes' Peace as a character.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shield of Heracles 139 ff
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 18. 535 ff
  3. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 1. 306 ff; 6. 348 ff
  4. ^ Philostratus the Younger, Images 10
  5. ^ Suidas s.v. Deimos
  6. ^ Aristophanes, Peace 255 ff