Ares

The Origins Of Ares

According to Greek mythology, Ares is the son of the supreme god Zeus, king of the gods, and Hera, queen of the gods. Although many consider him as being the god of war, this is theory is somewhat inaccurate. Ares is actually more or less the god of bloodlust; the savagery of warfare, and the ...
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Other Facts Surrounding Ares

The cult of Ares was not as wide as that of the other gods. That is to say, among the Greek gods, the majority had their own large or small city of token following, and especially the major deities, and direct children of Zeus and Hera as well. Ares was often referred to in ballads ...
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Gods In Relation To Ares

Ares had many females in and out of his life, although the most prominent was Aphrodite, despite the fact that she was married to Ares’ brother, Hephaestus. Because of his many consorts, he also had many bastard children, the lesser deities of several different elements. More than eleven different mortal and immortal women bore children ...
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Ares In Mythological Literature

Ares does not make many appearances in the Greek mythological literature, but perhaps his most prominent appearance is that of his affair with Aphrodite, the known consort and possible wife of Ares’ brother Hephaestus. In one story, a sort of fable about the way the rooster came into the world, Ares is caught with his ...
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References To Ares In Modern Culture

Ares is featured as a character in many novels and comics, usually as not exactly the nicest guy in the world, and most frequently as the antagonist. In the video game God of War, Ares is the game’s main villain. In the game, Kratos is a warrior fighting under Ares and he is betrayed later ...
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