The Story Of Ares: The God Of War

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Ares is the god of war, courage, battlelust and manlines his roman name was Mars. Not only is he immortal but is also very strong and physically fit compared to other gods and is one of the twelve olympians. He is usually the representation of the bad side of war like physical fighting and death. Although he was the god of war, most battles he fought he lost. Ares’ parents are Zeus and Hera. His sisters are Eileithyia and Hebe and his half brother and sisters are Athena, Aphrodite, Apollon, Artemis, Hermes, Dionysos and Hephaistos. Ares married the goddess of love and beauty, aphrodite, and had three children with her named Deimos, Phobos, and Harmonia. Ares also had countless mortal offspring and one monstrous offspring which was a dragon-serpent. …show more content…

Ares was the only hated child since the day he was born. This was mainly because Zeus wasn’t part of his birth. Hera was able to get pregnant through a process called parthenogenesis. Zeus was not able to make a relationship with his son Ares. One day Ares was abducted by the giant Aloadai twins and locked him into a jar. Zeus with all the power didn’t even care to look for him. After almost losing his mind he was finally rescued by Zeus’ assistant, Hermes. After the incident Hera later decided to send Ares to live with one of the minor gods, Priapus. For the rest of his childhood ares’ was to live with Priapus where he taught him everything he need to know. As an adult Ares often faced humiliation because of his mental process. He would battle out of emotion not out of strategy unlike his half sister,