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The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή (arē), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά (ara), "bane, ruin, curse, imprecation". [1] Walter Burkert notes that "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war." [2] R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name. [3]
Similarly, Eris, the malevolent "Goddess of Discord and Chaos", is the main antagonist in the DreamWorks 2003 animated movie Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas against Sinbad and his allies. The dwarf planet Eris was named after this Greek goddess in 2006. [103] In 2019, the New Zealand moth species Ichneutica eris was named in honour of Eris. [104]
Hera was the tutelary goddess of Argos and it is possible that she had Mycenean origin. [1] Martin P. Nilsson suggested that Hera is mainly the "Argeiē" (Ἀργείη), a name given by Homer [ 51 ] which describes her not as Greek, but as an Argive goddess.
Unlike Ares, who was viewed primarily as a destructive and destabilizing force, Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace, and was a father (pater) of the Roman people. [10] In Rome's mythic genealogy and founding , Mars fathered Romulus and Remus through his rape of Rhea Silvia .
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". His symbols include the boar, serpent, dog, vulture, spear, and shield. Athena: Minerva: Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. [28]
According to one account, she is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. [1] By another account, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra , her brothers were Dardanus and Iasion being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island.
Her origin story in Greek mythology is also slightly ambiguous, with Hesiod'sTheogony claiming Nike to be the daughter of Styx and Pallas [10] while the Homeric Hymns describe Ares as being Nike's father. [11] Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Victoria.
The story is first found in the Anacreontea, attributed to sixth century BC author Anacreon, and goes that Eros once went to his mother Aphrodite crying about being stung by a bee, and compared the small creature to a snake with wings. Aphrodite then asks him, if he thinks the bee's sting hurts so much, what he thinks about the pain his own ...