Hephaestus tried to humiliate them by revealing their affair. Ares became so enraged that he shape shifted into a boar and killed Adonis with his tusks.Īres tried twice to defeat Heracles but lost on both occasions.Īres had a mortal son named Cycnus, who believed he could build him a temple of human bones.Īphrodite was married to Hephaestus when she and Ares fell in love. The Roman equivalent of Ares was Mars, however Mars was much more dignified and also the god of agriculture.Īres loved Aphrodite but she fell in love with a mortal named Adonis. Hey were the god of fear - Phobos, and the god of terror - Deimos.Īres was father to the god of love - Eros, and the goddess of harmony - Harmonia. When Ares went to war, two of his children often went with him. When Ares was a baby he was kidnapped by giants and kept in a bronze jar. In some mythology stories Ares was created by Hera with the use of a magic herb, not by Zeus. He was the first Greek god to be tried at the hill of Areopagus. He was accused of murdering Poseidon's son for the attempted rape of Alkippe - Ares' own daughter. It was said that Ares' throne on Mount Olympus where he lived was covered in skin.Īres was tried in the highest council of Ancient Greece, at the hill of Areopagus. There were very few temples made for him. Hera was the Greek marriage goddess.Īres was so unlikable that none of the Greek cities wanted to be named for him. Zeus was the King of the Greek Gods.Īres' mother was Hera. Ares loved Aphrodite, his sister, and produced all eight children with her.Īres' father was Zeus. He is depicted in Greek Mythology as someone with a violent personality and was not liked by his parents. Ares represents untamed acts and violence during war. He was father to Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Phlegyas, Harmonia, Enyalios, Thrax, Adrestia, and Oenomaus. Ares' symbols include the sword, spear, shield, helmet, chariot, dog, boar, vulture, and flaming torch. In Roman Mythology his equivalent is Mars. He is the son of Hera and Zeus and is one of the Twelve Olympians. In Greek Mythology Ares is the god of war.
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