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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.
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
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 ...
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. 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".
Ares (7 C, 14 P) Artemis (7 C, 21 P) Athena (8 C, 31 P) C. ... Achilles (son of Zeus) Acragas (mythology) Aeacus; Aegipan; Aegle (mythology) Aegyptus (mythology ...
Dionysus: son of Zeus and Semele, born a mortal, later became the god of wine. Also called Bacchus by the Romans. Epaphus: son of Zeus and Io, a priestess of the goddess Hera (Zeus' wife). Harmonia: according to Greek mythology was the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. [10] However, in Samothrace mythology, she was the daughter of Zeus and ...
Heracles killed Cycnus, the son of Ares. The expedition against Cycnus, in which Iolaus accompanied Heracles, is the ostensible theme of a short epic attributed to Hesiod, Shield of Heracles. When Ares tried to avenge Cycnus, Heracles defeated him, with the help of Athena. Heracles killed the Giants Alcyoneus and Porphyrion.
In Hesiod's Theogony, Phobos is the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the sibling of Deimos and Harmonia. [4] He mainly appears in an assistant role to his father and causes disorder in battle. [ citation needed ] In the Iliad , he accompanied his father into battle along with the goddess Eris (discord) and his brother Deimos (Dread).