The Iliad's Ares-The Greek God Of War

Another trait Ares should be the god of, but isn’t, is mischief. Ares is a very well-known trouble maker among the Olympians. He would constantly hook-up with Aphrodite, get in trouble for murdering people, and constantly try to defy Zeus. Perhaps Ares’ most famous of all his love affairs was that with Aphrodite. Ares was madly in love with her for a very long time, and had even bore him four sons and a daughter. However, Aphrodite was married to the smith of the gods, Hephaestus. Tipped off about his wife’s affair, he created invisible bonds and bound the two lovers in the bed while in the act. After doing so he invited the rest of the Olympians over to take a look at this spectacle, and publicly humiliate them. In Ancient Greek times adultery is one of the worst things anyone could be caught doing, so this is a serious offense on Ares’s part. Another thing Ares has been caught and got in trouble for is murdering people. Over the years he has murdered people out of jealousy, revenge, and just plain lust for blood. An example of Ares murdering out of jealousy is the story of Adonis. In the story Adonis has caught Aphrodite’s attention. With Ares’ extreme love for her, he went into a jealous rage and transformed himself into a boar and killed

Athena and Ares share many common characteristics and many differences. One major similarity is that they are both deities who’s realm of power deals with warfare. The difference in this, though, is that Ares is a god of brutal and simple warfare. He is sometimes even known simply as a butcher, and the Greeks did not respect him as much as Athena. Athena, on the contrary, is a goddess of strategic warfare, and is very respected because of it. Another similarity they hold is that they are both children of Zeus, although under very different circumstances. Ares had a normal birth, whereas Athena was born out of Zeus’ skull after Zeus had swallowed Athena’s pregnant mother.

Hera, the daughter of Cronus, was the wife of Zeus. Iris, the goddess of the rainbow. Hephaestos, the god of the celestial artist, was the son of Zeus and Hera. He was born lame, his parents hated the sight of him. Ares, the god of war, was the

He had several wives; Themis, Metis, and Hera. Zeus's third wife, and best known, Hera disagreed with his very adulterous lifestyle, nonetheless he continued to live it. To say the least, He and Hera did not have the best marriage. Zeus's conquests were among mortals and immortals. The following of Zeus's children were born from the affair of their mother and Zeus: Athena, Apollo and Artemis, Persephone, Dionysus, Hermes, the Muses, Helen, Kastor and Polydeukes, Hebe, Hercules, Perseus, Sarpedon, Pandeia, Magnes, Litai, the Hours, Eileithya, Minos, Sarpedon, Rhadamanthys, and many more.

Aphrodite represents erotic love as a fascinating form of divine influence. The nude Aphrodite has powerful meaning and

Ares was the god of war and combat (and an olympian) god during the ancient Greek time period. His parents were Zeus and Hera. In greek art, Ares lacked distinctive traits. In greek art, he was either a bearded warrior always ready for battle or he was naked, had no facial hair, and carried a helmet and a spear. Although Ares is known as the god of war, he was not a good fighter and lost majority of his battles, especially against his step sister Athena. Ares loved to cause chaos and destruction.

One day she decided to claim a city at the same time her uncle, Poseidon claimed the same city. To decide who would become the protector of the city, they both bestowed a gift upon the city and whosoever was better would keep the city. Poseidon gave a salt water spring that the people could not use. Athena, on the contrary used her wisdom and gave the city an olive tree which provided them food, oil and wood. Poseidon was taken away by his niece and dove back into the ocean accepting his defeat. “During the Trojan war Ares fought against the Greeks on the side of the Trojans as show of support for his lover Aphrodite who had set the war in motion. This did not win him any points with the other olympians who, accepted Apollo that supported the Greeks. He charged at Athena who was taunting him about it and she calmly reached down and picked up a rock and smashed him over the head with it, stopping his advance.”(“Ares” Men- Myths-Mind) Ares is important to Greek Mythology because he protects during war.

Aphrodite is the Olympian Greek Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus and her Roman equivalent is the Goddess Venus. She is depicted as a beautiful women. Aphrodite was born out of the sea foam and then went on to land on an island. Her parents became Zeus and Dione.

Ares had a very difficult character to deal with and was therefore rather unpopular among the other gods and mankind. For this reason, no Greek city wanted him as its patron. He also had conflicts with his half-sisters Artemis and Athena, especially during the Trojan War. Some symbols of Ares were his weapons, the shield and the spear, and his sacred animal was the dog. Family and Childhood

Aphrodite is a deity that was known as an Olympian goddess of several things like beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Aphrodite's main role was to assure no women died a virgin. In order for her to do so she helped men charm women with love spells. Aphrodite was known as “the most beautiful of all goddesses in terms of appearance” (“Aphrodite”). But she was also flawed personality wise, she “was rather damaged because she is described as weak and frightened as well as ill-tempered and easily offended” (“Aphrodite”).

Aphrodite Greek Mythology created a majority of the world’s phenomenons. There is many greek gods and goddesses, but some are far more popular than others. Aphrodite is a popular Olympian Goddess. She is best known as the goddess of love, but is also known as Lady of Cythera or Lady of Cyprus because both places have been claimed to be the place of her birth. Along with love she also represents beauty, pleasure, and reproduction.

Its stated in The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite that, “Zeus sent into her heart sweet desire for Anchises, who as then was pasturing his cattle on the steep hills of many-fountained Ida, a man in appearance like the immortals. Him thereafter did smiling Aphrodite see and love, and measureless desire took hold of her heart” (Classical Myth 198). Zeus picked Anchises to give Aphrodite a taste of her own medicine, and made Aphrodite fall in love with the mortal. Zeus punished Aphrodite because she was causing the gods to fall in love with a bunch of mortal women (theoi). At first glance Aphrodite was “smitten like a kitten” over Anchises.

Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera of whom they both hated him. Zeus and Ares had many conflicts that involved the war. Ares was a rebellious child and that would irritate Zeus, but that did not stop Ares from acting against his father. He

Ares and Athena, the god and goddess of war, were influential religious figures for the Ancient Greek military. They were especially important during rituals and ceremonies prior to soldiers going to war. They are important in the warriors or soldiers lives’ because of what role they play in battle and in rituals. Athena and Ares weren’t as important to the soldiers as you would think, but in some places of battle they were very significant.

He is often times compared to the Athena, another god known for war but is deemed superior due to his strategic military planning. This comparison of Ares being lower than Athena is telling of his offspring, the Amazons, who are not considered gods but reinforced as beast. Their origination from Ares accounts for their