Ares: God of War

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Being the god of manly courage, bloodlust, civil order, and warlike frenzy, Ares shouldn’t be considered a very powerful god. Even though he is the god over these things, he is no more powerful than the others. In fact he is actually weaker than the others due to his shear blood lust and blind rage allowing him to be easily overcome. Ares should not be considered anything other than the loser he is because he can never win a battle, is constantly getting in trouble, and has a very quick temper and enjoys bloodshed.

Being the god of bloodlust, Ares is always getting into fights and getting involved in wars. However, he can never win any of his battles or win the wars he sides on, mostly due to his half-sister Athena. Here is an example of how Athena is able to defeat Ares, when she hits him in the head with a rock. “During the Trojan War Ares fought on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks, as a show of support for his lover Aphrodite who had set the war in motion. He charged at Athena who was taunting him about it and she calmly reached down and picked up a rock and smashed him over the head with it, stopping his advance.”(Ares: Greek God of War.) Obviously Ares can’t even hold his own against his sister, when he is the god of war and should be able to defeat many people. However, he continuously fails to be able to do so. Even as a child Ares couldn’t help but be man-handled. “The young Ares had been abducted by two playmates, the giant Aloadai twins, who had caught him and locked him in a bronze jar. Ares stayed captive in the bronze jar, almost losing his mind in captivity, until Hermes was able to release Ares from the jar.”(Ares: Greek God of War.) Ares was trapped in a bronze jar for thirteen months; during this tim...

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...ly Ares should not be considered anything but a loser because he cannot win any battles, he is a trouble-maker, and he has too much blind rage.

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