The Gods Of Ares: The Greek God Of War

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In the world today, a lot of people base their success and fortune on whether or not they are “popular” or “sought-after”. With Ares, the God of War, that was not the case. He neglected the idea of being liked and admired by others. Of course he was admired by some, but nothing compared to other Gods and Olympians. Maybe Ares was so cold hearted due to the example his father, Zeus, set for him when he was younger. Ares was worried about nothing more than a life full of battles and his lust for bloodshed, whether those battles be with opposing enemies, or even occasionally his own blood relation.
Ares was the son of the king of all gods, Zeus, and the son of the goddess of marriage, Hera (Hatzitsinidou, 1). Ares had many secret lovers that he had relationships with, resulting in many children. He had relationships with over ten different goddesses, and had seven children with Aphrodite and one child with Aglaulus (Hatzitsnidou, 1). Due to his many relationships, Ares was not a favorite among the other gods and Olympians. Many of them envied him and despised him because of his unfaithfulness to one woman (Hatzitsnidou, 1). Ares was also disliked because he sided with the Trojans during the Trojan War, as …show more content…

Therefore, Ares was born of an immaculate conception. Hera consumed a magical herb that made this process possible. Since Ares wasn’t brought into the world sexually, Zeus wasn’t technically his biological father, and this caused the relationship between the two of them to be very distant. Ares had an unusual encounter with two giants, known as Aloadai, right after he was born. The Aloadai trapped him in a bronze jar for thirteen months with no intentions of releasing him. As powerful as Zeus was, he could have gotten Ares out of the jar with no struggle at all, but he was oblivious and Hera ended up freeing him (The God and Goddess

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