guide to the gods (theoi),
spirits (daimones),
fabulous creatures (theres)
and heroes of ancient
greek mythology
and religion.
i shall name this project tragedy
like my life
or not.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING ANYMORE SOMEBODY HELP ME PLS
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GREEK NAME Αρης
TRANSLITERATION Arês
LATIN SPELLING Ares
ROMAN NAME Mars
ARES was the Olympian god of war, battlelust, courage and civil order. In ancient Greek art he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior armed for battle, or a nude, beardless youth with a helm and spear.
M Y T H S
Ares had an adulterous affair with the goddess Aphrodite but her husband Hephaistos trapped the pair in a golden net and humiliated them by calling the rest of the gods to witness.
When Aphrodite fell in love with the handsome youth Adonis, Ares grew jealous, transformed himself into a boar, and gorged the boy to death as he was out hunting.
Ares transformed his daughter Harmonia and her husband Kadmos (Cadmus) of Thebes into serpents and had them carried away to the Islands of the Blessed.
He slew Hallirhothios to avenge the rape of his daughter Alkippe. He was tried at the court of the Areiopagos in Athens but acquitted of murder.
Ares apprehended the criminal Sisyphos, an impious man who had dared to kidnap the god of death Thanatos.
During the battle between Herakles and Ares' villianous Kyknos (Cycnus), the god intervened but was wounded by the hero and forced to flee back to Olympos.
Ares actively supported his Amazon-queen daughters in their many wars and battles. The most celebrated of these was Penthesileia who joined the Trojan War.
When the Aloadai giants laid siege to Olympos, Ares battled them but was defeated and imprisoned in a bronze jar. He was later rescued by the god Hermes.
During the course of the Trojan War, Ares, who had sided with the Trojans, was wounded by the Greek hero Diomedes who drove a spear into his side, sending him flying back to Olympos bellowing in pain.
PARENTS zeus and hera GOD OF war, courage, battlelust SYMBOL helm SACRED ANIMAL serpent RETINUE deimus, phobus, enyo OTHER NAMES enyalius
