Ares

**Ares** is the Greek god of warfare, battlelust, banditry, rebellion, civil order, manliness, and courage. In Greek art he is often depicted in two ways -- early on, he was shown as a grown, bearded warrior in battle gear. In later works, he is seen as a nude, beardless young man with just a helm and a spear. He is often difficult to distinguish in classical art due to a lack of unique features/attributes.

Ares is a principal god of the Greek pantheon, making him one of the twelve olympians

Symbols
The primary object symbols of Ares are the spear and the helmet. Other objects commonly attributed to him include the shield and body armor. Ares's war chariot is drawn by four gold-bridled, immortal, fire-breathing horses: Aithon (Red-fire), Phlogios (Flame), Konabos (Tumult), and Phobos (Fear).

Sacred animals and birds ascribed to him are the Serpent (drakon), Vulture (gups), Woodpecker (ipne), Barn Owl (aigolios), and Eagle Owl (buas).

The planet Mars is names after Mars, the Roman god of war equivalent to Ares. The Greeks themselves called the planet "Aster Areos," or "the Star of Ares." Tuesday, named after the Germanic god Tyr, who was identified with Mars, is the day of Ares.

=Familial Relations =

Ares is the son of **Zeus** and **Hera**.

Though he was unmarried, Ares fathered many **divine offspring : (all were mothered by Aphrodite, his primary consort, unless otherwise mentioned) **
 * **Anteros** - God of Love Reciprocated
 * **Deimos** - God of Terror
 * **Enyalios** - A War-God, son of Ares and Eris
 * **Eros** - God of Love
 * **Harmonia** - Goddess of harmony
 * **Nike** - Goddess of Victory, according to some, a daughter of Ares
 * **Phobos** - God of Fear

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">He also fathered several **heroic mortal offspring**:
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Meleagros** - Prince of Aitolia and hero who led the Hunt for the Kalydonion Boar
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Kyknos** - Warrior who challenged Heracles
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Diomedes** - King of the Bistones of Thrake
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Hippolyta** - one of the Queens of the Amazons
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Penthesileia** - another one of the Queens of the Amazons

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ares had several **minions**, some of them his own children:
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Deimos** - God of Terror and son of Ares
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Phobos** - God of Fear and son of Ares
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Eris** - Goddess of Strife, Discord, and War

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Famous Myths Featuring Ares

 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Ares's adulterous affair with Aphrodite** - The two deities were having an affair. They were eventually trapped in a net laid by Aphrodite's husband Hephaestus.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Adonis's slaying** - Adonis was Ares's rival for Aphrodite's affection; Ares took the guise of a boar in killing Adonis.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Cadmus's transformation** - Ares turned Cadmus and his wife, Harmonia, into serpents.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Hallirhothios's murder** - In order to avenge the rape of his daughter and his consequent trial in the court of Areiopagos, Ares murdered Hallirhothios.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Sisyphus's arrest** - Ares arrested Sisyphus, an impious man who kidnapped the god Death.[[image:http://dailypop.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/583285-ares_marko_djurdjevic19cv_super.jpg width="180" height="276" align="right" caption="A modern depiction of the god of warfare."]]
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**The battle of Heracles and Kyknos** - Ares intervened in the battle of Heracles and Kyknos to back up his son.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Ares's support of the Amazons** - Ares supported and acted as the god of the Amazons, a group of fearless female warriors.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Ares's capture by the Aloadae** - Ares was captured by the Aloadae, the giants of Thessaly. Otus and Ephialtes, the Aloadae, imprisoned him in a bronze jar.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**The Trojan War** - In the Trojan War, Ares was wounded by Diomedes with the help of Athena.

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Trivial Facts About Ares

 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">To the Greeks, Ares was cruel, while to the Romans (who called him Mars), he was glorious and invincible.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">He was very unpopular among the Greeks and even hated amongst many of the gods.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Despite being a god of war, he can also be viewed as a god of peace. Some evidence of this is that those who prayed to him prayed for the strength to be peaceful, as can be read in [|Homer's Hymn to Ares].
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Phobos and Deimos, two of Ares's sons and minions, are also the names of the moons of the planet Mars.
 * <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">In the DC Universe (comics), Ares is one of the primary adversaries of Wonder Woman.

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Words derived from Ares <span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- Martial, which comes from Mars, his latin name, is often used in association with the military or military life (i.e. court martial, martial law, etc)

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**March** (//Mars//) - The third month of the Gregorian calendar. Named after Mars, the Roman god of war.

<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #ff00b9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">His Roman Counterpart, Mars, is the name of the 4th planet from the sun.

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