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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.
Mars, god of war and agriculture, equivalent to Ares as far as being war gods; aside from this they have very little in common; Nerio, warrior goddess and personification of valor; Victoria, personification of victory, equivalent to the Greek goddess Nike; Virtus, god of bravery and military strength; Etruscan. Laran, god of war.
In some myths, she is identified as the mother of the war god Enyalius as well, [6] and in these myths, Ares is indicated as the father, however, the masculine name Enyalius or Enyalios also may be used as a title for Ares. [7] As goddess of war, Enyo is responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cities, often accompanying Ares into ...
Ares reappears in the sequel God of War II during a flashback near the beginning. His remains are then seen in God of War III as one of Kratos' battles takes place over Ares' ice tomb. Ares also appears in a flashback in God of War: Ghost of Sparta where it is shown that he kidnapped Kratos' brother Deimos as a prophecy foretold the demise of ...
Enyalius or Enyalios (Greek: Ἐνυάλιος) in Greek mythology is generally a son of Ares by Enyo [citation needed] and also a byname of Ares the god of war. Though Enyalius as a by-name of Ares is the most accepted version, in Mycenaean times Ares and Enyalius were considered separate deities. Enyalius is often seen as the God of soldiers ...
Two roosters on an ancient Greek black-figure vase from Villa Giulia.. Alectryon (from Ancient Greek: ἀλεκτρυών, Alektruṓn pronounced [alektryɔ̌ːn], literally meaning "rooster") in Greek mythology, was a young soldier who was assigned by Ares, the god of war, to guard the outside of his bedroom door while the god took part in a love affair with the love goddess Aphrodite.
The only god to whom Scythians built shrines was the war-god, the Scythian "Ares," to whom a high place was made out of a pile of brushwood, of which the three sides were upright and vertical and the fourth side formed a slope on which worshippers could walk to the top of the high place, which was itself a square-shaped platform on which the ...
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).