One day, a great hero of Greek mythology, Cadmus, destroyed the dragon, angering Ares in the process. The belligerent god ordered Cadmus to show penance for his actions, and Cadmus did so by sowing the teeth of the dragon into the earth. Soon, warriors of Thebes known as the Spartoi began to emerge from the land Cadmus had sown.
As with other gods and goddesses, many tales of Ares centered on his romantic escapades, including his courtship of Aphrodite. Over time, Ares began to fall in love with Aphrodite, who was married to Hephaestus , the god of craftsmanship. Using his great skill, Hephaestus fashioned a net made of material so fine that it was essentially invisible and placed it in his bed.
Adding insult to injury, Hephaestus invited the entire pantheon to witness what he had found. While the goddesses refused, claiming modesty, the male gods eagerly attended and laughed heartily when they saw what Hephaestus had to show them. Poseidon sympathized with the humiliated Ares, however, and pleaded with Hephaestus to release him. As it was told in the Odyssey :. The mighty Hephaestus loosed the bonds and the two, when they were freed from that bond so strong, sprang up straightway.
And Ares departed to Thrace, but she, the laughter-loving Aphrodite, went to Cyprus, to Paphos, where is her demesne and fragrant altar. During the Trojan War, the impetuous, capricious, and belligerent Ares alternately fought for and against the Achaeans, the coalition of Greeks who invaded and besieged Troy.
While Ares was defending the Trojans, he faced off against Athena, who was fighting on the side of the Achaeans. During their battle, Athena managed to wound Ares with a boulder.
Later in the conflict, Athena imbued the mortal Diomedes with preternatural strength and courage, and Diomedes used these gifts to run Ares through with a spear. You—I hate you most of all the Olympian gods. Always dear to your heart, Strife, yes, and battles, the bloody grind of war. But I cannot bear to see you agonize so long. You are my child. To me your mother bore you. In another losing contest, bellicose Ares took on the great Hercules. Seeing his wounded son, Zeus rebuked Ares by saying, "To me you are most hateful of all gods who hold Olympos.
Ares's son Askalaphos was one of the casualties of the Trojan War. Ares was furious when he heard the news. The goddess Hera added to his anger by saying that Zeus had no concern for the sorrow of the Immortals or the death of their children Ares slapped his thighs and ordered his sons, Deimos Fear and Phobos Panic , to harness his horses so he could leave Mount Olympos and go to the battlefield of Troy Athene stopped Ares and took his helmet and shield Ares occasionally took the guise of mortal men to fight alongside the Trojan soldiers.
When Trojan Prince Hektor took the armor of Akhilleus from the dead body of Patroklos, Ares entered Hektor's body and led a fierce charge into the Akhaian battle-lines He also took the guise of a storm-cloud and bellowed from the walls of Troy to remind the Akhaians that the war god was standing against them.
Like Ares, Herakles was a son of Zeus, but Ares was the son of the goddess Hera and thus fully divine and immortal. Herakles was the son of a mortal woman named Alkmene and only semidivine, but Herakles had the advantage of being Zeus's favorite child.
Ares, on the other hand, was Zeus's least favorite. Ares and Herakles had at least two violent encounters Herakles won both fights.
The first confrontation was at the city of Pylos on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Ares was defending Pylos when Herakles attacked the city Herakles struck Ares three times with his spear and knocked the god of war to the ground with each blow Although defeated, Ares managed to retain the spoils he had captured, otherwise he would have been disgraced among the other Immortals. Ares and Herakles met again when Ares's son Kyknos was caught stealing animals that were to be sacrificed at Apollon's temple at Delphi.
Apollon chose Herakles to be his champion and punish Kyknos for his acts of sacrilege. Herakles found Kyknos and Ares in a grove scared to Apollon Herakles killed Kyknos with a single thrust of his spear. After the death of Kyknos, Ares could not contain his anger, he immediately charged at Herakles with his spear Ares was not inclined to obey Athene's command Herakles did not back away from the war god's fierce attack Ares fell flat upon the ground.
Ares's sons, Deimos and Phobos swooped down in Ares's chariot and lifted their father from the ground Besides his three immortal children—Harmonia, Deimos and Phobos—Ares sired children with mortal women Penthesilea was an Amazon queen and a daughter of Ares.
She went to Troy as an ally of the Trojans and was killed by Akhilleus. An Akhaian soldier named Thersites reviled Akhilleus saying that, although he killed Penthesilea, he was actually in love with her. In his rage, Akhilleus killed Thersites.
The other Akhaians were outraged and there was turmoil in the Akhaian encampment. Seeking forgiveness, Akhilleus sailed to the island of Lesbos and made sacrifices to Apollon, Artemis, and Leto. After the sacrifices were completed, Akhilleus was purified of his blood guilt by the Akhaian commander, Odysseus. Ares had two sons by Astyokhe, daughter of Aktor.
His two sons—Askalaphos and Ialmenos—commanded the soldiers from Aspledon and Orkhomenos with thirty ships for the siege of the city of Troy. Necessary Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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