# Pyroeis

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Sky god of Areios, the planet Mars

Not to be confused with [Pyrois](/source/Helios#Horses_of_Helios), one of the four horses that pull Helios's chariot.

**Pyroeis** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Πυρόεις) in [ancient Greek religion](/source/Ancient_Greek_religion) is the god of the wandering star Areios, identified with the planet [Mars](/source/Mars).

He is also known as **Mesonyx** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Μεσονυξ; 'midnight').

## Etymology

Pyroeis, from [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Πυρό, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek): *pyro*, 'fire', means 'the fiery one'.[1]

## Function

In [Ancient Greek astronomy](/source/Ancient_Greek_astronomy), Pyroeis is the god of the [planet](/source/Planet) [Mars](/source/Mars), one of the five [planets visible to the naked eye](/source/List_of_gravitationally_rounded_objects_of_the_Solar_System#Planets). Astronomers of the time assigned these "[planetae](/source/Planetae)" various names, associated them with different gods, and ascribed various qualities to their apparent behaviour in the sky.[2]

## See also

- [List of Greek deities](/source/List_of_Greek_deities)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Thom, Johan C.; Burri, Renate; Chandler, Clive; Daiber, Hans; Kraye, Jill; Smith, Andrew; Takahashi, Hidemi; Tzvetkova-Glaser, Anna (2014). ["Αριστοτελους Περι Κοσμου"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv9b2w4j.6). *Cosmic Order and Divine Power*. Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG: 25. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-16-152809-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-16-152809-5). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [j.ctv9b2w4j.6](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv9b2w4j.6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DRGA_Planetae_2-0)** ["Planetae"](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D4%3Aentry%3Dplanetae-cn), in *Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities*, pp. 922, 923.

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