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Ares is the Greek god of war: wild, bloodthirsty and impetuous. He embodies the brutal, chaotic side of battle, the frenzy of slaughter, while the wise Athena stands for the strategic art of war. Ares was little loved by gods and mortals; even his father Zeus called him the most hateful to him of all the gods. He is famous for his passionate affair with the love goddess Aphrodite. Unlike in Greece, his Roman counterpart Mars enjoyed the highest regard: as father of Romulus he was there the ancestor of the Roman people. The red planet and the month of March are named after him. As a brutal war god, Ares was disliked even by the other Olympians. From his union with Aphrodite came the goddess Harmonia. Good to know: Ares stands for the unleashed violence of battle: in contrast to Athena's strategic art of war. He was accompanied by his sons Deimos (dread) and Phobos (fear): after whom the moons of Mars are named. Because of his cruelty, Ares was scarcely loved by gods or mortals. Ares and the love goddess Aphrodite were a passionate pair, although she was married to Hephaestus.
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war
Ares stands for the unleashed violence of battle: in contrast to Athena's strategic art of war.
💡 Did you know? He was accompanied by his sons Deimos (dread) and Phobos (fear): after whom the moons of Mars are named.
he was disliked
Because of his cruelty, Ares was scarcely loved by gods or mortals.
💡 Did you know? Even his father Zeus called him the most hateful to him of all the gods.
Aphrodite
Ares and the love goddess Aphrodite were a passionate pair, although she was married to Hephaestus.
💡 Did you know? The cuckolded Hephaestus caught the two in an invisible net and exposed them to the gods' mockery.
Athena
Despite his strength, Ares repeatedly lost to the cleverer Athena: reason beats brute force.
💡 Did you know? In the Trojan War even the mortal Diomedes wounded him, guided by Athena.
Mars
For the Romans, Ares is the war god Mars: who was held in far higher regard there.
💡 Did you know? The red planet Mars and the month of March are named after him.
Harmonia
From the union of Ares and Aphrodite came, among others, Harmonia, goddess of concord.
💡 Did you know? Fittingly: from war (Ares) and love (Aphrodite) sprang „harmony.“
Thrace
To the Greeks a wild land of warriors.
💡 Did you know? The cult of Dionysus also came from there.
Phobos and Deimos
Fear and Terror: his sons.
💡 Did you know? The two moons of Mars bear their names.
in Hephaestus's
The betrayed husband exposed the pair to the gods.
💡 Did you know? Homer tells it amid roaring divine laughter.
the Areopagus
The “hill of Ares”, seat of the blood court.
💡 Did you know? There the god himself stood as the first defendant.
the Amazons
Queen Hippolyta wore his girdle.
💡 Did you know? Heracles fetched it as his ninth labour.
he fled screaming to Olympus
His cry sounded like that of ten thousand men.
💡 Did you know? Zeus received his son with open contempt.
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