Ares is the Greek god of war. His parents are Zeus and Hera and he is one of the powerful Twelve Olympians. Although both Ares and his half-sister Athena are war gods, Ares represents the cruel, physical, and violent part of war, while Athena represents the strategic part of war. He was married to the beautiful goddess of love, Aphrodite, in the Iliad. However, Ares was only her lover in the Odyssey.
In Homer’s Odyssey, there is a novella about something that happened in the secret love affair of Ares and Aphrodite. Even after Aphrodite married Hephaestus, the lame god of craftsmen and artisans, she and Ares continued their secret affair. One day, after Helios told Hephaestus about the affair, he angrily crafted invisible and unbreakable
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The Aloads were the two sons of Poseidon and Iphimedeia, and their real names were Otos and Ephialtes. When they were nine years old, they were already giants. Knowing they could not be easily killed by the gods and goddesses, they decided to battle them. With their mighty strength and height, the stacked the 3 highest mountains on top of each other, Mount Pelion, Mount Ossa, and Mount Olympus. After doing so, the two brothers threatened to ascend to the sky and fill the land with seawater and the seas with mountains. In the process, they tied up Ares and put him into a bronze jar. Thirteen months later, Hermes was informed of Ares’s whereabouts. He then found him and secretly liberated him. After the Aloads found out that Ares had escaped, they didn’t try to find him again. Instead, the two giants followed Artemis to an island called Naxos. Artemis quickly thought up of a plan, and changed herself into a deer. She then walked in front of the two giants. They saw Artemis the deer and tried to kill it. Right when Otos and Ephialtes were about to stab her, she jumped up at the last second, causing the Aloads to stab each …show more content…
Even though he knew he was on the losing side, Ares had joined the Trojans since Aphrodite had sided with them too. One day on the battlefield at Troy, Ares spotted Athena. So he charged at Athena and hit her unbreakable chestplate, the aegis, with his spear. Enraged, Athena picked up a giant boulder and threw it at Ares. Ares tried to dodge it, but then it crushed him and knocked him unconscious. His whole 7 pelethra (about 700 feet) body then fell on to the ground in the middle of the battlefield. On another day, Athena was spotted by Ares again with a Greek hero named Diomedes. Ares tried to attack Athena again, but she dodged the attack and helped Diomedes stab Ares in the thigh with his spear. Ares then screamed out loud in pain, even though he knew he would not die, as he was a god. Homer described Ares’s scream as the same as the shouts of 10,000 men. Ares then fled back to Mount Olympus and complained about the pain he felt to Zeus. Zeus ignored the complaints, but still told Paean, the god of healing, to apply an instant relief medicine on his
One of the myths was, Polyphemus was in love with a sea nymph named Galateia, a sicilian nereid who had cheated on him with a man named Acis. When Polyphemus discovered this he crushed Acis under a rock. Another myth was the story of Odysseus. This story was when Polyphemus had captured Odysseus one of victorious greek leaders and twelve of his crew members when they were sailing for home from the trojan war. They became captured when they arrived to an unknown island of cyclopes. Odysseus and his men came upon the cave of Polyphemus, and went inside in hopes to steal food while Polyphemus was away tending his flock. Curiosity got the best of Odysseus as he wanted to see what a cyclops looked like. Odysseus and his men hid in the cave waiting for Polyphemus to come back.
The Greek army’s greatest warrior during the Trojan War, Achilles was born of the goddess Thetis and the mortal Peleus. (Murnaghan, 1997, p.xxv)“Strong, swift and godlike” as Lombardo translating Homer puts it (1997, p.5), his presence on the battlefield reverberated fear through his enemies. Being a general in the Achaean army, his original rationale as to engage...
In classical Greek literature the subject of love is commonly a prominent theme. However, throughout these varied texts the subject of Love becomes a multi-faceted being. From this common occurrence in literature we can assume that this subject had a large impact on day-to-day life. One text that explores the many faces of love in everyday life is Plato’s Symposium. In this text we hear a number of views on the subject of love and what the true nature of love is. This essay will focus on a speech by Pausanius. Pausanius’s speech concentrates on the goddess Aphrodite. In particular he looks at her two forms, as a promoter of “Celestial Love” as well as “Common Love.” This idea of “Common Love” can be seen in a real life context in the tragedy “Hippolytus” by Euripides. This brings the philosophical views made by Pausanius into a real-life context.
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.
Zeus the god of the sky who was married to his sister Hera the goddess of marriage and ultimately jealousy. Another one of Zeus’s roles was that of being the lord of justice for the gods. This goes back to the story of Oedipus Rex with the Priest of Zeus represented the people of the plight of Thebes and him asking for justice to be done for the people. Though he is known by being the Lord of Justice he is also known for being very unfaithful to his wife. This unfaithfulness can reverberate back to the way that Oedipus Rex had a love for his mom almost in the way that it relates to inbreeding. In a way that Zeus had many affairs though his most famous was Leto. Leto was one of his first relationships apparently before Zeus was married to Hera. Leto was the...
Because she is a Goddess of War, her male Greek counterpart is Ares, who is a God of War. Athena, being the Goddess of the City of Athens, protected the civilized life of Athens. Because she had compassion and generosity for others, she was often praised. The Parthenon served as her temple because she served as Athens guardian. Panathenaea is celebrated every year and it is Athena's most important festival. Along with Hesita and Artemis, Athena is a Virgin Goddess. Her siblings are Artemis, Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Dionysus, Hermes, Heracles, Hephasteus and Perseus. Athena's nicknames include Hippeia (which means “of the horses”), Hygieia (which means “healer”) and Tritogeneia (which means “third born”). Plato oftened viewed Athena as the Egyptian diety Neith, a war goddess. If a man spies on her naked, she will punish them. It is believed that Athena does have a dark side that is Medusa. She can be intimidating at times, very critical and judgemental when it comes to the weakness of others. Athena is sensitive and and because she doesn't show love or affection, her only wound is her heart. She is more masucline than feminine, but she is beautiful in her own way. When she was a child she always was reading a book, she was curious to seek new information and was always a daddy's girl.As an adult she her own priorites were more important than others, was a devoted and trusted friend and was very rational. Historic people
Aphrodite was the goddess of love in Greece. She was also said to have been the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and to have been born from sea foam. Although she was beautiful, some saw her as treacherous and malicious. She was known to have a bewitching power over men that more times than not brought about their own destruction. Aphrodite also involved herself on several occasions with the affairs of the Gods and Goddesses on Mount Olympus, as well as the Greek mortals. Aphrodite was legendary for her beauty, but she was also very vain. It was her vanity that started the Trojan War. (aphrodite, 2015)
The Persian Wars (499-479 BC) put the Greeks in the difficult position of having to defend their country against a vast empire with an army that greatly outnumbered
Ares possessed crucial powers that influenced Greek mythology, and was often symbolized in everyday Ancient Greek life. Ares was the god of war, violence, destruction, rage and manliness. His powers made him one of the most powerful Greek gods in mythology. He was believed to be in charge of when are where wars would happen. He was thought to watch over the battlefield during combat and direct the troops strategy. This differs from Athena, the goddess of war strategy, who controlled how the troops actually fought (“Theoi Project”). This means that Ares was assumed to be in control of the outcomes during major wars. With the ability to control lives and wars, Ares was worshipped as the god of war by the Ancient Greeks. Additionally, Ares had a few objects that represented him and his personality. Ares was symbolized in Ancient Greeks by a spear, battle armor and the scrappy, bloodthirsty vulture. Many Ancient Greeks felt that a spear symbolized him because of its relation to battle and death. Both things that Ares was known for (“Theoi Project”). They believed that the battle armor did not only represent his thirst for conflict, but also his cowardliness. Although Ares was the god of war and manliness and was immortal, he
As a resident on Mount Olympus, Athena rightfully represents both intelligence and strategy (Grant, Hazel 83). Symbols that identify with the goddess include the owl for wisdom and the olive branch for peace (Athena or Minerva… 1). Athena was a goddess of war who preferred peace to fighting (Lies 47). The deity was depicted in full wartime armor, including a helmet and spear. However, despite her rough accessories, Athena also showed off extreme femininity in her clothing as well as features (Buxton 79). Athena was Zeus’s favorite daughter. Zeus, the king of the gods, allowed her to dress in his Aegis (Lies 47). The Aegis was a breastplate made of goatskin that bore the image of a gorgon to instill panic in foes (Buxton 79). She was born fully-grown and already dressed in her full outfit, ready for war. Furthermore, Athena was the only Olympian not born of a mother. She sprang directly from her father, Zeus’s, head (Lies 47). She was different from the others of her kind, which may be why she was so honored so highly in early Greece.
Zeus overthrew his Father Cronus. Cronus was the king/ruler of the Titians. Zeus made a deal his brothers Poseidon and Hades. Zeus became the supreme ruler of the gods. He is known to be the lord of the sky and the rain god. His weapon is a thunderbolt. Zeus throws the thunderbolts at those who displease him. He is also known to punish those that lie or break
Zeus is the supreme ruler of the gods. He is the god of the sky, and the heavens. Zeus is believed to be responsible for weather and storms. He kept order and peace between the Olympians using his almighty weapon, the thunderbolt which nobody dare challenged. His animal is the eagle, and his tree, the oak. Zeus is called many names; the master of the gods, the lord of the sky, and most simply god. He controlled rain, the source of life in Greece. Like other men and gods he can be tricked, but no one can compare to the power of Zeus.
She tempted many, even Zeus: “she beguiles even his wise heart . . . mates him with mortal women, unknown to Hera” (Hesiod). The goddess of love, “she was a particular favourite with the city’s many prostitutes but also supervised the sexual life of married women” (Blundell, 1998). To curb her promiscuity, Aphrodite was married to Hephaistos (god of the forge), who cared deeply for her, and made he...
Athena was the goddess of war and wisdom. Daughter of Zeus and Metis, but born from only Zeus. Gaea the Earth goddess told Zeus that his child would u...