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Alala was the female personification of the war cry. She was the daughter of Polemos], the daemon of war. She was an attendant of the war god Ares, whose war cry was her name, "Alale alala". Greek soldiers attacked the enemy with this battle cry in order to cause panic to the enemy lines. It was reputed to be derived from the horrific sound owls make.

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