 This may be seen in "Description of Greece" by Pausanias, "On the shield of Agamemnon is Phobos (Fear), who[se] head is a lion’s…".Plutarch makes reference to a shrine to Phobos at Sparta in addition to shrines dedicated to Death (Thanatos) and Laughter (Gelos), and he claimed that the Spartans honoured fear as a positive force that held the state together.Pausanias, writing during Imperial Rome, noted that the temple dedicated to Phobos was located outside of the city.