Ares

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Greek god Olympian god war deity

Ares is the Greek god of war, embodying the brutal and chaotic aspects of battle in ancient Greek mythology.

Aliases (1)

Ἄρης ×1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek god → Olympian god → war deity →
aspectContrastedWithAthena	brutal physical warfare vs. strategic warfare →
associatedConcept	battle rage → bloodshed → masculine aggression → slaughter →
associatedRegion	Thrace →
associatedWith	Deimos → Enyo → Eris → Harmonia → Phobos → battle frenzy →
chariotDrawnBy	fire-breathing horses →
child	Adrestia → Deimos → Eros (in some traditions) → Harmonia → Phobos →
consort	Aphrodite →
contrastedWith	Athena →
culture	Ancient Greek mythology →
defeatedBy	Athena (in the Iliad) → Heracles (in some myths) →
domain	battlefield → bloodshed → violence → war →
father	Zeus →
featuredInWork	Hesiod's Theogony → Homer's Iliad → Homer's Odyssey (briefly) → various Greek tragedies →
gender	male →
greekName	Ἄρης →
lover	Aphrodite →
mother	Hera →
mythologicalEra	Archaic and Classical Greece →
notableMyth	affair with Aphrodite → capture by Otus and Ephialtes → participation in Trojan War →
pantheon	Olympian gods →
parentOfPersonification	Deimos (Terror) → Harmonia (Harmony) → Phobos (Fear) →
parentsCollective	Zeus and Hera →
portrayedAs	armed warrior → young bearded man in armor →
residence	Mount Olympus →
romanEquivalent	Mars →
sacredAnimal	dog → vulture →
sacredBird	eagle owl (in some sources) → vulture →
sacredPlant	spear-shaped plants (symbolically) →
sibling	Aphrodite (in some traditions as a daughter of Zeus) → Apollo → Artemis → Athena → Dionysus → Hephaestus → Hermes →
sideInTrojanWar	Trojans →
symbol	chariot → helmet → shield → spear →
symbolizes	bloodlust → brutal aspects of war → chaotic aspects of war → courage in battle →
templeLocation	Athens →
vehicle	war chariot →
weapon	spear → sword →
worshipCenter	Sparta → Thrace →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo → Eileithyia → Hephaestus →	sibling
Cronus → Marpessa →	grandfather
Ancient Greek religion → Greco-Roman mythology →	hasDeity
Zeus →	child
Homeric Hymns →	containsHymnTo
Mars →	equivalentInGreekMythology
Iliad →	featuresDeity
Rhea →	grandparentOf
Ares ("Ἄρης") →	greekName
Gigantomachy →	involvesDeity
Aphrodite →	lover
Wonder Woman (2017 film) →	mainCharacter
Twelve Olympians →	member
Aris Thessaloniki FC →	namedAfter
Marpessa →	notableRelative
Hera →	offspring
Ruby Rose →	playedCharacter