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Ares may also be accompanied by Kydoimos, the daemon of the din of battle; the Makhai ("Battles"); the "Hysminai" ("Acts of manslaughter"); Polemos, a minor spirit of war, or only an epithet of Ares, since it has no specific dominion; and Polemos's daughter, Alala, the goddess or personification of the Greek war-cry, whose name Ares uses as his ...
Another version of the myth stated that Evenus was born from Ares and the Pleiad Sterope. [3] Lastly, Heracles was also called Evenus' father in later versions of the myth. [4] Evenus married his niece Alcippe, daughter of King Oenomaus of Pisa (another son of Ares and Sterope) by whom he became the father of Marpessa. [5]
Pages and categories relating to Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology. ... Pages in category "Ares" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
In Greek mythology, Calydon (/ ˈ k æ l ɪ d ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Καλυδών, romanized: Kaludṓn) is a minor figure from the homonymous region of Calydon, the son of Ares and Astynome. Calydon angered the goddess Artemis when he saw her naked, and was then turned into rock as punishment. [1]
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In Greek mythology, Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).
Mythology [ edit ] In the account of the Fabulae by Hyginus, Tereus , having heard the prophecy that his son was to be killed by the hand of a relative and falsely believing that it was Dryas whom the oracle indicated, murdered the innocent man (whereas the son was actually murdered by Procne ).
Zeus parts Athena and Ares, while Kyknos flees in a chariot (right) as Heracles arrives (left), [1] on an Attic black-figured volute-krater, c. 540–510 BCE signed by Nikosthenes (British Museum). In Greek mythology , Cycnus ( Ancient Greek : Κύκνος means "swan") or Cygnus was a bloodthirsty and cruel man who dwelt either in Pagasae ...