of the passions of the human mind. See Passion.

Fear (Metus, Pavor, or Timor), was deified by the Pagans. Tullus Hostilius brought the worship of this deity to Rome. The Ephori of Sparta erected a temple to Fear, near their tribunal, to strike an awe into those who approached it. Fear was likewise worshipped at Corinth. The poets did not forget this imaginary deity. Virgil places her in the entrance of hell, in company with diseases, old age, &c. Æn. vi. 273.—Ovid places her in the retinue of Tiphone one of the furies, Met. iv. 483.