The Most Important Role Of Ares In Greek Mythology During The Trojan 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

Homer stated that the Trojan War was a conflict that was created from the abduction of the queen of Sparta, defying the peace treaty between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks and the Trojans previously fought constantly and finally agreed to cease the violence between the nation’s strongest armies. Although the Greeks were defeated after attempting to invade Troy’s walls with footmen, they defeated Troy during the night with a trick. In the book The Trojan War: A New History by Barry Strauss, the author creates an argument that undermines Homer’s credibility on his interpretation of the Trojan War. Strauss identifies that much of what we know about the Trojan War is false.

The Trojan war was a ten year siege on the city of the city of Troy at the hands of the Greek forces led by a psychopathic king, Agamemnon. This conflict, which took place about 1200 B.C has become one of the most well known Greek mythology events in history. In the 13th century B.C, Troy and Sparta had stopped their wars and become allies, this was until Paris the youngest prince of Troy seduced Helen, the Queen of Sparta and left with her back to Troy. When Menelaos (The King of Sparta) found out what had happened, he vowed

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.

Ares was the Greek god of war and the most unpopular god because of his aggressiveness, quick temper and his unquenchable thirst for conflict. Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera and is from Thrace, home of a fierce people in the northeast of Greece. Ares was noted for his beauty and courage, which helped him win the affections of Aphrodite (which at the time was married to Hephaistos). When he was caught, the punishment was temporary banishment from Mount Olympus. Ares represented the more brutal and bloody side of war, which was in contrast to Athena who represented the strategic side of war. Ares was usually accompanied by his children with Aphrodite, Phobos, and Deimos. Although Ares embodied the physical aggression for success in war the Greeks thought of him as dangerous and an overwhelming instable force in battle. The "Roman Counterpart" (Roman equivalents) to Ares was Mars, who was also known as "The Father to The Roman People." Ares' worship was largely in the northern areas of Greece, and, although devoid of the social, moral, and theological associations usual with major deities, his cult had many interesting local features. At Sparta, in early times, at least, human sacrifices were made to him from among the prisoners of war. Ares' special powers were those of strength and physicality. As the god of war, he was a superior fighter in battle and caused great bloodshed and destruction wherever he went. Ares was usually pictured as a warrior carrying a spear and a shield. No one really liked his activities because, wherever he went, he left traces of misfortune and aberration behind. In Sparta, Ares was viewed as a model soldier: his resilience, physical strength, and military intelligence were unrivaled. An ancient statue, representing the god in chains, suggests that the martial spirit and victory were to be kept in the city of Sparta. That the Spartans admired him is indicative of the cultural divisions that existed between themselves and other Greeks

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.

The Trojan War started when a dispute happened between the goddess Hera, Athena and Aphrodite over an apple. They then asked Zeus to judge and he wouldn’t choose. Paris the prince of troy was then asked to judge Athena offered him ambition, fame, success in war. Hera offered Paris power, riches and king of Europe and Asia and Aphrodite offered Paris the love of the most beautiful women in the world. Paris chooses Aphrodite. The most beautiful women happened to be Helena who was married already. The Trojan War started when Paris visits Helen and Menelaus and kidnaps Helen with him back to Troy who is married to Menelaus who was a Spartan king. Helen’s father, Tyndareus promises to protect her and support her husband whatever choice she makes Menelaus finds out his wife is missing and goes after her. When he arrives Paris then offers a solution to keep his brother hector from fighting his battle. He challenges Menelaus to a one on one duel and the winner takes Helen. Menelaus accepts the challenge and they began fighting, Paris starts losing and his leg gets cut, he then crawls to Hectors feet. Menelaus threatens hector that he will kill Paris at his feet and as he raises his sword Hector stabs him, killing him and Agamemnon declares war. Later on, Hector ends up confusing Achilles’s cousin with Achilles because he was wearing his armor. Achilles then gets mad at him and him and Hector fight Achilles wins and drags his body back to his town. Hectors dad goes there to get back his daughter and hectors body. Later on, Greeks thought of an idea to get inside of Troy by building a giant wooden horse, also known as the Trojan horse and they had men hide inside of the horse. The Greeks made them think they left by sailing away and gave them the horse. The Trojans thought of it as a victory trophy or reward. But Paris thought it was a trick and didn’t want the horse brought inside and many others agree that they should burn

In the early ages of Greek mythology the Trojan War was battled between the Greeks, and the guardians of the city of Troy in Anatolia, around some time in the late Bronze Age. The Trojan War began as a way for Zeus to consider reducing the enlarging population of humanity, and a way to reclaim Helen, also known as the wife of Menelaos. Helen was captured by Paris, and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most astonishing goddess in a competition between Athena and Hera. Menelaos and the Greeks came to an agreement to get Helen back, and attack the Trojans.

In the first book of the Iliad (lines 10-15) Agamemnon angered Apollo;therefore, making “The son of Zeus by Leto” answers the prayers of a priest ,who is a follower of himself, and plagued his troops with illness and death. People who disobeyed the ruling of the gods or didn't follow their customs would be punished in a series of events that anyone would regret. But it wasn’t the people who only disobeyed gods, but the gods quarreled amongst themselves. Every once in a while gods would cross the line and infringe one another, this lead to a separation and hatred of each other that could be easily defined in the Trojan War with the gods picking sides. Which then later gave each side advantages in certain aspects such as strategy and the art of war. Even though this may scare people on opposing sides, their fates/lives were more important to them than anything

Zeus, god of the sky and thunder, King of Mount Olympus, son of Kronos and Rhea, husband of Hera, and father of many significant gods and goddesses, was the most important god of all the Olympian gods.

Ares god of war and battle son of Zeus and Hera his symbol is the wild bore and the spear and the

Hera offered him a kingship, Aphrodite offered marriage to Helen, and Athena offered him victory in war. Helen was the most beautiful women, so he chose Aphrodite. Helen was married to the king of Sparta. Paris and Aphrodite went to Sparta, and kidnapped her. This kidnapping started the Trojan War because the king wanted Helen back, so he declared war on Troy. Hera and Athena were on the side with the Greeks, and Aphrodite on the Trojans. Ares was Athena’s half-brother. They were war gods, but Ares was more violent while Athena involved skills over violence. They were enemies because they both fought during the Trojan War, Athena with the Greeks, and Ares with the Trojans. While in battle, Athena wounded him. Ares ran back to Zeus, and he healed him. Since that day forward, Ares and Athena have been enemies, and helped opposing sides in the Trojan war. Athena gave the idea of building the Trojan horse to Odyssey. It was a huge wooden horse that could secretly hold soldiers inside of it. The gift was from Athena, and the Greeks left it outside of Troy, and they pretended to sail home. At night, the Greeks slipped out of the horse, and attack Troy. From this attack, the Greeks were able to win the Trojan War. Athena was able to help the Greeks

Ares is the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera, and not always liked by his parents. When Ares is seen in literature he is usually being embarrassed. Ares can almost always be seen with his helm on no matter what his surroundings are. Ares is one of the twelve Olympians of Olympus, the ideal soldier, and has a great military

To begin, the Greek Gods are able to control which events take place in human life. During the Trojan war the Gods were actively involved in the fight. They were the instigators of the war. For example, “The Judgement of Paris” states, “He gave Aphrodite the golden apple. That was the Judgement of Paris, famed everywhere as the real reason why the Trojan War was fought”(Hamilton 259).

Lastly, Ares was known to be the God of War however he was not very cunning in battle. Ares wasn’t greatly known and wasn’t so popular as all the other Gods and Goddesses but still had importance in the Ancient Greece Religion. It’s believed according to ‘The Liliard’ Zeus complained that Ares was in fact the most hated by all his children. Gods and Goddesses being a heavy role in the Ancient Greece Religion rituals worship and festivals shared the same