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The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή (arē), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά (ara), "bane, ruin, curse, imprecation". [1] Walter Burkert notes that "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war." [2] R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name. [3]
The Ares Borghese in the Louvre (Ma 866) The Ares Borghese is a Roman marble statue of the imperial era (1st or 2nd century AD). It is 2.11 metres (6 ft 11 in) high. Though the statue is referred to as Ares, this identification is not entirely certain. This statue possibly preserves some features of an original work in bronze, now lost, of the ...
An inscription on a statue base (IG II 3 4, 242) found near the Agora records the dedication of a statue by "the community of Acharnae... as a thank-offering to Ares and Augustus," when one Apollophanes was priest of Ares. This is probably connected in some way with the transfer of the temple to the Agora, since Acharnae was the location of ...
Book of Life, the book in which God records the names of every person who is destined for Heaven or the World to Come. ( Christian / Jewish ) Levisterio , a book contains magical forms and an instrument they used to take various exams used by the Mapuches to protect by the dark forces.
The Ludovisi Ares The sculpture was a sensational find. A small-scale bronze replica of it was executed by G.F. Susini , heir and assistant to his more famous uncle Antonio Susini , when he visited Rome in the 1630s and copied several marbles from Ludovisi's collection; a bronze of the Ludovisi Ares is in the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford.
In Greek mythology, King Diomedes of Thrace (Ancient Greek: Διομήδης) was the son of Ares and Cyrene. [2] He lived on the shores of the Black Sea ruling the warlike tribe of Bistones. [3] [4] He is known for his man-eating horses, [5] which Heracles stole in order to complete the eighth of his Twelve Labours, slaying Diomedes in the ...
Percy first encounters Ares in The Lightning Thief, in which he drives a black Harley-Davidson motorcycle with flame decals and a leather seat made from human skin. Percy defeats Ares in a sword fight near the climax of the book. Before fleeing in his divine form, Ares curses Riptide to fail Percy when he needs it the most.
Phobos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Deimos. He does not have a major role in mythology outside of being his father's attendant. [2] In Classical Greek mythology, Phobos exists as both the god of and personification of the fear brought by war. [3]