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Greek Gods Of Ares: The Greek God Of War

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Ares was the Greek god of war and conceivably the most despised of all the Olympian gods. He is infamous for having a short temper, hostile attitude, and a desire for conflict. Being one of the more human-like gods, he was a favored subject in Greek art, and furthermore in Roman times where he played a more significant role as Mars, the Roman god of war. Despite being disliked by many, Ares was renowned for his beauty and courage. These attributes aided him to win Aphrodite, Goddess of love’s heart. They then had a daughter, Eros god of love and desire. (Cartwright 1). One of the most well-known myths involving Ares was his battle with Hercules. Ares’ son Kyknos was notorious for ambushing pilgrims who were traveling to the Oracle of Delphi. Apollo was enraged at Kyknos, and sent Hercules to kill him. Ares was furious and occupied Hercules in a fight, but …show more content…

He was the son of Zeus, god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods, and Hera, queen of the ancient Greek gods, both of whom hated him (Greek Gods and Goddesses). Ares had ten lovers, one including his sister, Aphrodite who was already married to Hephaestus. When Hephaestus became aware of the affair, he thought out a plan and humiliated the two (Karas 1). He also had seven children who were gods or goddesses including Anteros: God of reciprocated love, Deimos: God of fear, Enyalius: a war-god son, Eros: God of love, Harmonia: Goddess of harmony, Nike: Goddess of harmony, and Phobos: God of panic. Additionally, he had an astounding 33 more children who were mortals, one even being a monster Drakon Ismenian, a dragon-serpent (Atsma 3). One of Ares’ daughters was Alcippe who was almost raped by Poseidon's son Halirrhothius. Ares caught him and killed him, which infuriated Poseidon, God of the sea. Poseidon had Ares tried with all of the olympian gods presiding and was found innocent (Atsma

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The gods are aware about this rift and tension amongst each other as well. “We gods get the worst of it from each other…” Ares says this in his lament with Zeus, expressing his anger of how the gods conflicting wills are causing them to oppose each other and go to drastic measures just to see the other lose. This is shown when he follows by insulting and complaining about Athena as if it was her who had wounded him and not Diomedes. “Why did you have to give birth to that madwoman, your marauding daughter who is always breaking the rules?” This stresses that Ares’ anger is directed towards Athena, thus showing the strained relationship the gods are experiencing as a result of the

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I 'm pretty sure they 've all done some fucked up shit. The thing is though, Ares does care for his daughter so he 's not in the category of only caring about himself. I don 't peace with them, I want to murder half of the gods. Then I can have my peace which is what I 'll strive for after this is all over with. Whether it 's by myself or with Aeson, Athena, Hades, Priscilla, and Saint.

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Mythology has been around a long while to tell stories of the Ancient Greek gods and events that happened throughout their time. Although Ares ( also known as Mars in Roman Mythology)is best known for being the God of War, he is also known for his acts of destruction and his influence of a moral lesson on today's society. Ares was born from the gods Zues and Hera, both of whom detested him. But in some legends he and his twin sister, Eris (Discord), were born when Hera touched a flower that ended up getting her pregnant ("Ares" The Columbian Eectronic Encyclopedia"). Throughout his childhood his parents and the gods that surrounded him noticed his aggressiveness and unpleasantness around others.

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Despite that she had many affairs with both gods and men, so Hephaestus builds a tricky invention which catches Aphrodite laying with Ares. The invention traps the two to be laughed at by other gods. He is similar to Athena in helping the mortals,

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He was known for being the god of war and courage. Most often, he was portrait as a battle lust god. Each deity was known to be represented with sacred animals or objects to signify their purposes. Ares is well associated with a sacred animal of serpent, “which ancient augury identified as portents of war, sedition and ill-fortune” (Astma, “Ares”). In this specific artwork, the god of war could be identified behind Kyknos, who held the serpent shield.

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