Azizos

{{Short description|Palmyran Arab god}}

{{Infobox deity

| type = Canaanite

| name = Azizos

| god_of = God of the morning star

| image = Siria, regione di hauran o tell halaf, divinità armata su un dromedario, forse allat o azizos, I-III sec..JPG

| caption = Relief carving of Azizos riding a dromedary, from the region of Tell Halaf and Harran (1st–3rd century AD)

| cult_center = Palmyra

| siblings = Arsu

| greek_equivalent = Ares

| roman_equivalent = Mars

}}

In ancient Arab mythology, Azizos or Aziz (Palmyrene: 𐡰𐡦𐡩𐡦 ʿzyz) is the Palmyran Arab{{Cite book|title=Cults and Beliefs at Edessa|last=Drijvers|first=H. J. W.|publisher=Brill Publishers|year=2015|isbn=978-90-04-29562-9|pages=Chapter Six: THE CULT OF AZIZOS AND MONIMOS AND OTHER ARAB DEITIES}} god of the morning star. He is portrayed as riding a camel with his twin brother Arsu, although one source says that "Azizos is depicted as a horseman, whereas Arşu is a cameleer."{{cite book |last1=Texidor |first1=Javier |title=The Pantheon of Palmyra |date=1979 |publisher=E.J.Brill |location=Eeiden |isbn=90-04-05987-3 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TccUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA70 |access-date=Jan 31, 2020}} He was venerated separately in Syria as god of the morning star, Phosphoros, in company with the astral god Monimos, Hesperos.{{cite book |last1=Drijvers |first1=H.J.W. |title=Cults and Beliefs at Edessa |date=1980 |publisher=E.J.Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=90-04-06050-2 |page=150 |edition=Jan 31, 2020 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69YUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA150}}

Azizos was identified as Ares by Julian in his work 'Hymn to King Helios'. He says "Now I am aware that Ares, who is called Azizos by the Syrians who inhabit Emesa..."{{cite news |last1=Flavius Claudius Julianus |last2=Wright |first2=Emily Wilmer Cave (tr.) |title=Hymn to King Helios (154) |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hymn_to_King_Helios |access-date=Feb 1, 2020}}