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Ares. God of war and courage. Member of the Twelve Olympians. Cast of a Roman statue from Hadrian's Villa, copied from a Greek original. Traditionally identified as Ares or Hermes. Abode. Mount Olympus, temples in mainland Greece, Crete and Asia minor. Planet. Mars.
Some late Roman and Greek poetry and mythography identifies him as a sun-god, equivalent to Roman Sol and Greek Helios. [2] Ares (Ἄρης, Árēs) God of courage, war, bloodshed, and violence. The son of Zeus and Hera, he was depicted as a beardless youth, either nude with a helmet and spear or sword, or as an armed warrior.
Opora. In Greek and Roman mythology, Sirius[a] is the god and personification of the star Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, also known as the Dog Star, the most prominent star in the constellation Canis Major (the Greater Dog). [1] In ancient texts, Sirius is portrayed as the scorching bringer of the summer heatwaves, who intensifies ...
This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/ daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness ...
Maahes, lion-headed god of war. Menhit, goddess of war, "she who massacres". Montu, falcon -headed god of war, valor, and the Sun. Neith, goddess of war, hunting, and wisdom. Pakhet, goddess of war. Satis, deification of the floods of the Nile River and an early war, hunting, and fertility goddess.
Pandarus / ˈpændərəs / or Pandar / ˈpændər / (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος Pándaros) is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War. In Homer's Iliad he is portrayed as an energetic and powerful warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus ...
v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Polemos / ˈpɒlɪˌmɒs / or Polemus / ˈpɒlɪməs / (Greek: Πόλεμος Pólemos; "war") was a daemon; a divine personification or embodiment of war. [1] No cult practices or myths are known for him, and as an abstract representation he figures mainly in allegory and philosophical discourse. [2]
Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798) by Charles Meynier. Apollo[a] is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and ...