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  2. Temple of Ares - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Ares - Wikipedia

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    Gods were immortal but could be bound and restrained, both in mythic narrative and in cult practice. There was an archaic Spartan statue of Ares in chains in the temple of Enyalios (sometimes regarded as the son of Ares, sometimes as Ares himself), which Pausanias claimed meant that the spirit of war and victory was to be kept in the city.

  4. Ares Borghese - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Alcamenes - Wikipedia

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    However, the temple of Ares to which he refers had only been moved from Acharnes and re-sited in the Agora in Augustus's time, and statues known to derive from Alcamenes' statue show the god in a breastplate, [4] so the identification of Alcamenes' Ares with the Ares Borghese is not secure.

  6. Diomedes of Thrace - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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  8. Enyo - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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