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Ares (/ ˈɛəriːz /; Ancient Greek: Ἄρης, Árēs [árɛːs]) 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.
Occasionally, Aphrodite was Ares’ legitimate wife, and by her he fathered Deimos, Phobos (who accompanied him into battle), Harmonia, and—as first told by Simonides in the 6th century bce —Eros, god of love.
Mars. Aphrodite, Ares, infants Eros and Phobos, Greco-Roman fresco from Pompeii C1st A.D., Naples National Archaeological Museum. ARES was the Olympian god of war, battlelust and manliness. This page provides an overview of the divine and mortal children fathered by the god.
24 mar 2017 · In the Greek myths, Ares was noted for his beauty and courage, qualities which no doubt helped him win the affections of the Greek goddess Aphrodite (even though she was married to Hephaistos) with whom he had a daughter, Harmonia, and the god of love and desire Eros.
Ares was most notably referred to as the God of War; he represented the unpleasant aspects of battle. He was the son of Zeus and Hera, both of whom hated him (according to Homer). He was most often characterized as a coward in spite of his connection to war.
In an archaic and obscure myth related in the Iliad by the goddess Dione to her daughter Aphrodite, two Cthonic giants, the Aloides, named Otho and Ephialtes, cast Ares into chains and put him in a bronze urn, where he remained for thirteen months, one lunar year.
Ares had three children by the goddess Aphrodite named Deimos (Fear), Phobos (Terror), and Harmonia (Harmony). His daughter Harmonia's daughter Semele was the mother of the god Dionysos. Ares also had numerous mortal offspring.
