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- Ares was the least respected and honored of the twelve Olympians because they favored actions based only on rational thought. His father, Zeus, hated him, as he devalued a person who was not as cerebral as the other Greek gods.
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Sep 30, 2020 · Ares inherited Zeus’s destructive tendencies, but none of the focus behind them. He did not care whether an army fought to defend their land or for an unlawful cause, and he generally chose no sides in battle. The one war in which Ares did choose a side, like most other gods, was in the Trojan War.
Zeus, the chief god, specifically assigns the sphere of war to Ares, the god of war, and Athena. Athena’s moral and military superiority to Ares derives in part from the fact that she represents the intellectual and civilized side of war and the virtues of justice and skill, whereas Ares represents blood lust.
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- Ares was the ancient Greek god of war or, more properly, the spirit of battle. He represented the distasteful aspects of brutal warfare and slaught...
- Ares was associated with Aphrodite from the earliest times; in fact, Aphrodite was known locally (e.g., at Sparta) as a war goddess, apparently an...
- From at least the time of Homer, Ares was established as the son of the chief god, Zeus, and Hera, his consort. Ares was one of the Olympian deities.
Zeus grants Athena permission to drive Ares from the battlefield. Encouraged by Hera and Athena, Diomedes thrusts with his spear at Ares. Athena drives the spear home, and all sides tremble at Ares's cries.
This fierce and gigantic, but withal handsome god loved and was beloved by Aphrodite: he interfered on her behalf with Zeus, 12 and lent her his war-chariot. 13 When Aphrodite loved Adonis, Ares in his jealousy metamorphosed himself into a bear, and killed his rival.
Apr 11, 2022 · Zeus asked Aphrodite to intervene with a marriage proposal to Hephaistos, and she agreed — thinking that there was no way the craftsman would best her beloved Ares in battle. He absolutely did, and when he gave Ares quite the beating and married Aphrodite, the god of war and the goddess of love kicked off an adulterous, incestuous affair.
One of the 12 legendary tasks of Heracles was to defeat the Stymphalian birds. These man-eating metallic birds were the pets of the god Ares. Everyone’s favourite hero was Heracles (the Romans...
The hero Amphiaraus was honored as Zeus Amphiaraus at Oropus outside of Thebes, and the Spartans even had a shrine to Zeus Agamemnon. Ancient Molossian kings sacrificed to Zeus Areius (Αρειος). Strabo mention that at Tralles there was the Zeus Larisaeus (Λαρισαιος). [348]
