Greek Mythology
- Alala, spirit of the war cry
- Androktasiai, spirits of battlefield slaughter
- Ares, god of war, bloodlust, weapons of war, the defence and sacking of cities, rebellion and civil order, banditry, manliness and courage
- Athena, goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason
- Bia, spirit of force and compulsion
- Enyalius, an epithet for Ares, sometimes identified as a separate, minor god of war
- Enyo, goddess of destructive war
- Eris, goddess of strife and discord, who initiated the Trojan War
- Homados, spirit of the din of battle
- Hysminai, female spirits of fighting and combat
- Keres, female spirits of violent or cruel death, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease
- Kratos, the personification of strength and power
- Kydoimos, spirit of the din of battle
- Makhai, male spirits of fighting and combat
- Nike, spirit of victory
- Palioxis, spirit of backrush, flight and retreat from battle
- Pallas, Titan god of warcraft, killed by Athena
- Phobos, spirit of panic, fear, flight and battlefield rout
- Polemos, spirit of war
- Proioxis, spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit
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