Ares The Greek God of War
Hera was tricked by Zeus to have a baby, This baby was Dionysus. Hera then decided to take a magical herb that allowed her to have a child, this child was Ares. Since Zeus was actually not the father of Ares he wasn't very fond of him. Ares had been abducted by two giants, known as the Aloadai, and they had trapped him in a giant bronze jar, to never release him. Zeus of course paid little attention to this. It was in the end when the Aloadai mother discovered the truth and told Hermes who helped release Ares from the bronze jar.
Seeing the unsafe environment for Ares, Hera decided to move Ares somewhere else safer. So she choose Priapus, who trained and raised Ares until he was a fully grown man.
Ares the God of War had one main opponent/rival , Athena, who was also a deity of warfare. They were both deities of warfare but, they represented different aspects of war itself. Ares was the God of war and bloodlust, he represented the nature of war, its brutality, and its violence. He fought just on instinct and his own rage and personal fury he had. However on the opposite side was Athena was the Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare. Her warfare was the planned warfare that calculated each move carefully with strategic strikes in order to get the job done. As can be seen they were very different which raised many conflicts.
Ares was among the Greek's people least favored because of his brutal nature. He was seen as a greedy of sorts, and filled with rage. He was seen as changing sides at another time, just so he could shed blood and cause war.
Ares also had quite an interesting love life. Though he was never married, he had several relationships. Many of these were somewhat committed relationships, relationships that bore him several children. , Ares did not use trickery in order to attain his love affairs. He never abducted, raped, or tricked a woman for his love.
Ares most famous and most long-term love affair was the with the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. Even though Aphrodite was already married to Hepheastus, she saw much of the handsome Ares. From their relationship they had several children, including Harmonia who would grow up to become the fearless leader and mother of a tribe of fearsome warrior women, the Amazonians.
Not surprisingly Ares was very well known for the many conflicts he was embroiled in.
During the Trojan War Ares joined the war on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks as a show of support for Aphrodite. In battle he charged Athena who had been taunting him during the battle. During his advance Athena picked a large stone and flung it at Ares stopping his advance and knocking him unconscious.
During the same Trojan War, Athena was able to convince a Greek soldier to wound Aries. With the help of Athena he did and wounded Ares. In pain and rage Ares bellowed loudly, so loudly that the earth itself shook at his voice. He tried to complain to Zeus, but Zeus refused to acknowledge his complaints.
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Although Ares was disliked by many peoples, and there were many other Olympians favored more than him, he still had plenty of followers. However many of these followers were, unfortunately, not so morally upright minor deities and mortals, several of which included his own sons.
In battle he rode with two of his sons, who were minor deities themselves. One was Phobos who represented fear, and Daiemos who represented Panic.
Also Ares was very protective of his children, propelling him into various conflicts to defend them, however many of these instances led Ares to join into battles that he could not win.
When one of his sons was killed during the Trojan War, Ares, leapt onto the battlefield, defying Zeus' orders that the gods and goddesses not take part in the battle.
In another case, Ares’ son Cycnus was a thief who attacked travelers on certain roads, killed them and took their bones from the bodies. He wanted to create a gigantic temple in honor of his father, made completely of human bones. However Cycnus had the great misfortune of messing with one traveler that he really should not have, Heracles. When he tried to attack Heracles, obviously Heracles fought back, and when Ares saw this he jumped to the defense of his son Cycnus. However Heracles was far stronger than both of them, he easily killed Cycnus and he deeply wounded Ares.
And Ares wasn’t sexist; he was equally defensive with his daughters as well. Once one of Poseidon’s also numerous sons attempted to rape Ares daughter Alcippe. When Ares saw this he promptly stopped him and brutally killed him. Poseidon was furious.
Hera was tricked by Zeus to have a baby, This baby was Dionysus. Hera then decided to take a magical herb that allowed her to have a child, this child was Ares. Since Zeus was actually not the father of Ares he wasn't very fond of him. Ares had been abducted by two giants, known as the Aloadai, and they had trapped him in a giant bronze jar, to never release him. Zeus of course paid little attention to this. It was in the end when the Aloadai mother discovered the truth and told Hermes who helped release Ares from the bronze jar.
Seeing the unsafe environment for Ares, Hera decided to move Ares somewhere else safer. So she choose Priapus, who trained and raised Ares until he was a fully grown man.
Ares the God of War had one main opponent/rival , Athena, who was also a deity of warfare. They were both deities of warfare but, they represented different aspects of war itself. Ares was the God of war and bloodlust, he represented the nature of war, its brutality, and its violence. He fought just on instinct and his own rage and personal fury he had. However on the opposite side was Athena was the Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare. Her warfare was the planned warfare that calculated each move carefully with strategic strikes in order to get the job done. As can be seen they were very different which raised many conflicts.
Ares was among the Greek's people least favored because of his brutal nature. He was seen as a greedy of sorts, and filled with rage. He was seen as changing sides at another time, just so he could shed blood and cause war.
Ares also had quite an interesting love life. Though he was never married, he had several relationships. Many of these were somewhat committed relationships, relationships that bore him several children. , Ares did not use trickery in order to attain his love affairs. He never abducted, raped, or tricked a woman for his love.
Ares most famous and most long-term love affair was the with the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. Even though Aphrodite was already married to Hepheastus, she saw much of the handsome Ares. From their relationship they had several children, including Harmonia who would grow up to become the fearless leader and mother of a tribe of fearsome warrior women, the Amazonians.
Not surprisingly Ares was very well known for the many conflicts he was embroiled in.
During the Trojan War Ares joined the war on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks as a show of support for Aphrodite. In battle he charged Athena who had been taunting him during the battle. During his advance Athena picked a large stone and flung it at Ares stopping his advance and knocking him unconscious.
During the same Trojan War, Athena was able to convince a Greek soldier to wound Aries. With the help of Athena he did and wounded Ares. In pain and rage Ares bellowed loudly, so loudly that the earth itself shook at his voice. He tried to complain to Zeus, but Zeus refused to acknowledge his complaints.
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Although Ares was disliked by many peoples, and there were many other Olympians favored more than him, he still had plenty of followers. However many of these followers were, unfortunately, not so morally upright minor deities and mortals, several of which included his own sons.
In battle he rode with two of his sons, who were minor deities themselves. One was Phobos who represented fear, and Daiemos who represented Panic.
Also Ares was very protective of his children, propelling him into various conflicts to defend them, however many of these instances led Ares to join into battles that he could not win.
When one of his sons was killed during the Trojan War, Ares, leapt onto the battlefield, defying Zeus' orders that the gods and goddesses not take part in the battle.
In another case, Ares’ son Cycnus was a thief who attacked travelers on certain roads, killed them and took their bones from the bodies. He wanted to create a gigantic temple in honor of his father, made completely of human bones. However Cycnus had the great misfortune of messing with one traveler that he really should not have, Heracles. When he tried to attack Heracles, obviously Heracles fought back, and when Ares saw this he jumped to the defense of his son Cycnus. However Heracles was far stronger than both of them, he easily killed Cycnus and he deeply wounded Ares.
And Ares wasn’t sexist; he was equally defensive with his daughters as well. Once one of Poseidon’s also numerous sons attempted to rape Ares daughter Alcippe. When Ares saw this he promptly stopped him and brutally killed him. Poseidon was furious.