Introduction to the God of War in Greek Mythology

Ares, the god of war in ancient Greek mythology and one of the Twelve Olympus gods, is regarded as the embodiment of the martial spirit. Its image originated from the Thracians. According to Olympian mythology, he was the son of Zeus and Hera (otherwise, it was said that he was born after Hera sniffed the magic flower). Ares is violent, arrogant and conceited. He often teams up with Eris, the goddess of disputes, and the murderous Ennio, who specializes in unjust wars. Because he was extremely warlike, he was hated by Zeus and the gods, and he often helped his opponents. Zeus denounced him as "the most abominable of the gods".

Ares is also known as "Gladios" (meaning "Head of the Armies") and "Aroprosalos". His four horses are said to be the sons of Boreas and a goddess of revenge, and they are respectively called: "Aeton" (meaning "burning"), "Konabus" (meaning "riot"), " "Frogius" (meaning "fire"), "Phoebus" (meaning "terror"). Ares is usually represented by a powerful, extraordinary-looking warrior wearing armor. It is: spear, torch, hound and eagle. It is said that he can make a deafening and miserable sound, like thousands of warriors crying; once he is injured and falls to the ground, his huge body covers an area of ??7 hectares.

At first, Ares was worshiped as the god of the underworld in Thrace, and later evolved into the god of war. Although Ares was the god of war, he suffered many defeats and was defeated by the goddess of wisdom Athena many times in Troy. During the war, he helped the Trojans, but was injured by Diomedes. During the war between the gods, he tried to assassinate the goddess Athena, but was knocked down by Athena with a huge stone. With the help of Athena, Herak. Les killed his son Kykonos, and Aloyadai captured him alive and kept him in a copper jar for 13 months. He was later rescued by Hermes. According to legend, Ares had many affairs. , he had an affair with Aphrodite, the wife of the god of fire Hephaestus. When the two had a tryst, he asked Alectryon to "watch the wind". Unexpectedly, the latter slept until dawn and let the sun god. Apollo spied on it and told Hephaestus that Hephaestus created an invisible net to catch the cheaters and made them embarrassed in public. Ares turned Alectryon into a man in anger. At Acropolis near Athens, Alkippe, the daughter of Ares and Aglaulus, was raped by Halilotios, the son of Poseidon. Ares was furious and immediately killed Halilotios. Poseidon accused Ares on the spot and was acquitted. From then on, this place was named after him. It was called "Areopagos" (meaning "Mount Ares") and a temple was built to worship him.

The ancient Greek playwright Sophocles called Ares "despicable." "God". In his plays, Ares was repeatedly injured by the bows, lightning and fire of Zeus, Apollo, Artemis and Bacchus. In Homer's narrative poems, he is a violent and The passionate god of romance. People often use the following words for Ares: huge, strong, fast, crazy, breach of contract, cruel, bloodthirsty, and ruining the country. Even his children are unruly and savage. and cruel characteristics

In Roman mythology, he is confused with Mars, the god of war