Homer's Ares: The Greek God Of War

The God of War, raw violence, and fierce are things that made up Ares. He is one of the Twelve Olympian gods and the son of Zeus and Hera. Homer described him as a violent, cruel, and cared for almost nothing else. Nothing pleased Ares better than a battle between two great armies. He likes to spectate soldiers driving furiously toward each other fighting to their deaths. He was such an enormous fellow that it was said that his body covered seven acres as he lay there on the ground.

Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera. Zeus ruled as King of the Gods and his wife Hera is the Queen of the Gods. He was born an immaculate conception. Hera took a magical herb that allowed her to have a child immaculately, this child was Ares. Ares went through

harsh conditions during his infancy/childhood. During his infancy, two Giants known as the Aloadai, trapped him in a bronze jar and told Zeus they will never release him. With Zeus has such hatred against Ares he paid little attention. But with the help of the mother of the Aloadai, Aras was released. Hera quickly realized the environment Ares was living in was dangerous, so she brought him to someone safer, named Priapus. Priapus quickly took on the role of Ares’ father and trained him until he was fully grown.
In literature Ares represents the violence and physical untamed aspect of war, which is in contrast to Athena, who represents military strategy and generalship as the goddess of intelligence.

He fought just on instinct and his own rage and personal fury he had, and fought primarily for the sake of fighting. However, on the opposite spectrum was Athena the Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare. Her warfare was the tactical warfare that calculated each move carefully with strategic strikes in order to get the job done. (the god and goddess 1) I his personal life, he was associated with Aphrodite at a young age. According to Homer, the two were married but Aphrodite was already married to Hepheastus. To show affection with Aphrodite, he fought on the side of the Trojans against the Greeks. This choice did not work out for Ares and lost the Trojan War.

Ares was symbolize for many things. Many would say the main symbol of Ares was the spear. There are several adjectives that corrisponds with the spear and Ares. Ares loved war more than anything else. He also is natural a very violent person. In which case the spear is a very dangerous weapon. Another common symbol for Ares is a dog. I disagree with this anaylses because a dog symbolizes faith, loyalty, and protectiveness. These three adjectives are completely different with Ares. Instead he is more of the opposite of a

dog.
Ares the God of War was not the most delightful character. He was deshorded by many including his parent because of the violence and the mind behind how War is the most important things. Three adjective that fits him are violent, vicious, and mis agresive.

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