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An association with Ares endows places and objects with a savage, dangerous, or militarized quality; [46] but when Ares does appear in myths, he typically faces humiliation. [ 47 ] In the Iliad, Zeus expresses a recurring Greek revulsion toward the god when Ares returns wounded and complaining from the battlefield at Troy :
Her father, Ares, came to her aid, and killed Halirrhothius. Poseidon demanded justice for his son, and Ares was judged by the Court of the Gods in what, according to the myth, was the first trial in history. The trial had place on Areopagus, a hill adjacent to the Acropolis of Athens who taken its name by this event. [2] [3]
Another version of the myth stated that Evenus was born from Ares and the Pleiad Sterope. [3] Lastly, Heracles was also called Evenus' father in later versions of the myth. [4] Evenus married his niece Alcippe, daughter of King Oenomaus of Pisa (another son of Ares and Sterope) by whom he became the father of Marpessa. [5]
The story is an aetiological myth that attempts to explain both the origin of the roosters and the reason why they crow each morning at dawn, warning of the Sun approaching. The myth is not mentioned by Homer, who first related the story of Ares and Aphrodite's infidelity in his Odyssey, but rather it was interpolated later by various authors.
In Greek mythology, Calydon (/ ˈ k æ l ɪ d ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Καλυδών, romanized: Kaludṓn) is a minor figure from the homonymous region of Calydon, the son of Ares and Astynome. Calydon angered the goddess Artemis when he saw her naked, and was then turned into rock as punishment. [1]
In some myths, she is identified as the mother of the war god Enyalius as well, [6] and in these myths, Ares is indicated as the father, however, the masculine name Enyalius or Enyalios also may be used as a title for Ares. [7] As goddess of war, Enyo is responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cities, often accompanying Ares into ...
In Greek mythology, Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).
In Greek mythology, Deimos / ˈ d aɪ m ɒ s / (Ancient Greek: Δεῖμος, lit. 'fear' [1] pronounced) is the personification of fear. [2] He is the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Phobos.