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Also in the Iliad, Zeus, the chief god, specifically assigned the sphere of war to Ares, the god of war, and Athena. Athena's moral and military superiority to Ares derived in part from the fact that she represented the intellectual and civilized side of war and the virtues of justice and skill, whereas Ares represented mere blood lust.
Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial". His symbols include the boar, serpent, dog, vulture, spear, and shield. Athena: Minerva: Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. [28]
Ares Ἄρης: God of war. [61] He is the son of Zeus and Hera, [62] and the lover of Aphrodite, [63] by whom, in the Theogony, he is the father of Deimos, Phobos and Harmonia. [64] His cult was relatively limited, [65] and his temples were located mostly on Crete and in the Peloponnese; [66] he also often appeared alongside Aphrodite in cult ...
Based on the events of the first book in the series, "The Lightning Thief," the show follows a 12-year-old kid named Percy who learns he's the son of a Greek deity, making him a demigod.
Ares (/ ˈ ɛər iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἄρης, Árēs) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians , and the son of Zeus and Hera . The Greeks were ambivalent towards him.
Hephaestus is represented as older than Athena, so the mythology of Hephaestus is inconsistent in this respect. ... Aphrodite had an affair with Ares, the god of war.
Artwork of Ares, former God of War and main antagonist of the original God of War. Ares – The former God of War and main antagonist of 2005's God of War. [58] [59] Ares captured Kratos' brother Deimos and had him imprisoned and tortured due to a misinterpreted prophecy, [51] and later chose Kratos as his champion during a successful wager ...
In the Iliad, Aphrodite, Ares, and Apollo support the Trojan side in the Trojan War, while Hera, Athena, and Poseidon support the Greeks (see theomachy). Some gods were specifically associated with a certain city. Athena was associated with Athens, Apollo with Delphi and Delos, Zeus with Olympia and Aphrodite with Corinth. But other gods were ...