Ares

AR ees

Αρης

The God of War

The Son of Zeus and Hera

Ares is the son of two of the most powerful Olympians, Zeus and Hera. He is the brother of Hebe (goddess of Youth) and the goddess of Childbirth, Eileithyia (Eilithyia). With Aphrodite, he is the father of Harmonia (Harmony), Deimos (Fear) and Phobos (Terror).

Ares was born in the second generation after the Titans and was the perfect example of the third race of mortals known as the Bronze Age. The men of the Bronze Age were considered to be men of Ares ... they lived and died by their bronze weapons and left no heritage other than the memory of their bitter conflicts. The world they inhabited was as bright as the gleam of their weapons and as dark as the blood they spilled. Ares was the incarnation of that warlike ideal and represented not only the act of war but the very spirit of war.

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Ares at War

Ares was sometimes accompanied into battle by Eris (goddess of Discord), Enyo (one of the Gray Sisters) and Hades (lord of the Underworld) ... his coming and going would darken the sky but he was not invincible. Although he was hated and feared, Ares was honored by all great warriors, even Herakles (Heracles). On one occasion, before the Trojan War, Ares's son Kyknos (Cycnus) was killed by Herakles after Kyknos defiled a sanctuary of Apollon. After Kyknos had been killed by Herakles, Ares raged and swore revenge but Athene (Athena) stood between Ares and Herakles and effortlessly turned Ares's spear aside to protect Herakles from harm.

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Ares at Troy

Ares was clearly on the side of the Trojans when the Achaeans (Achaians) laid siege to the city of Troy. Ares rode into battle with his gold-bridled horses, Flame and Terror, pulling his war chariot. He fought alongside Apollon and Aphrodite (goddess of Love) and, although fierce, he was not unassailable. When Aphrodite was wounded by Diomedes, Ares was sitting on a cloud at the edge of the battlefield ... Apollon waded into the fighting to assist Aphrodite ... Ares gave her his chariot to ride to the safety of Mount Olympos (Olympus) to tend her wounds. When Aphrodite sought the comfort and healing of Dione, the elder goddess reminded the goddess of Love that the Immortals were not immune to hardship and suffering ... Dione told Aphrodite about the time Ares had been captured and bound by the Giants, Ephialtes and Otos (Otus). The two daring brothers imprisoned Ares in a brazen jar for thirteen months until Hermes (messenger of the Immortals) freed the humbled god of War.

The Dread-Goddess, Athene (Athena) delighted in the works of Ares but she would fight against him as well as with him. During the siege of Troy, Athene stood against Ares and was victorious on several occasions. Pallas Athene donned the Helm of Death and, after deflecting Ares's spear, hurled a bolder, knocking Ares senseless ... the din of the battle was eclipsed by Ares's bellowing ... his savage cry of pain made the sound of nine thousand men. Aphrodite came to Ares's assistance but, as she was helping Ares from the battlefield, Hera urged Athene to attack Aphrodite ... Athene struck Aphrodite in the breast and knocked her and Ares to the ground ... she stood over them and warned them that the same fate would befall any Immortal who fought with the Trojans. When Ares finally retreated to Mount Olympos his father, Zeus, instructed the immortal healer, Paieon to tend his wounded son and then rebuked Ares by saying, "To me you are most hateful of all gods who hold Olympos."

When the fighting at Troy caused the death of Ares's son, Askalaphos (Ascalaphus), the god of War was furious ... Hera added to his anger by saying that Zeus had no concern for the sorrow of the Immortals or the death of their children ... she also cautioned Ares that he must not disobey Zeus by entering the battle to avenge the death of Askalaphos. Ares slapped his thighs and ordered his sons, Deimos (Fear) and Phobos (Terror), to harness his horses so that he could leave Mount Olympos and go to the battlefield of Troy ... Athene stopped Ares and took his helmet and shield ... she reminded him that all the Immortals would be punished if he defied Zeus and entered the battle ... she took his mighty spear and made him sit passively as the war at Troy proceeded in accordance with Zeus's plans.

On several occasions, Ares took on the guise of a mortal man and joined the Trojan army ... when Hector took the armor of Achilles from the dead body of Patroklos (Patroclus), Ares entered Hector's body and led a fierce charge into the Achaian (Achaean) battle-lines ... the Achaians prudently withdrew in the face of such ferociousness. He also took the guise of a storm-cloud and bellowed from the walls of Troy to remind the Achaeans that the War God was standing against them.

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Ares and Aphrodite

In The Odyssey of Homer, the singer, Demodokos (Demodocus), tells the tale of how Aphrodite (goddess of Love) and Ares secretly laid together in the bed of her husband, Lord Hephaistos (Hephaestus), the smith of the gods. Helios (the Sun) secretly observed the lovers and told Hephaistos of Aphrodite's betrayal. The smith went to work and devised clever fastenings which would ensnare and hold the lovers in an unbreakable trap. The careless lovers fell into the trap and Hephaistos stood before the other Olympians and demanded that his gifts of courtship be returned. Only after Poseidon (lord of the Sea) offered to pay the adulterer's damages would Hephaistos loose the bonds. After being freed, Aphrodite went to her sacred precinct on the island of Kypros (Cyprus) where she was bathed by the Graces ... Ares went Thraceward. Seeing the two lovers in the indignity of the snare, Apollon asked Hermes how he would feel in such a situation. Hermes answered that he would suffer thrice the number of bonds if only he could share the bed of Aphrodite the Golden.

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Ares is often confused with the Roman god of War, Mars.

Ares in The Iliad

(listed by book and line)

The line numbers listed here correspond fairly well with the Lattimore and Murray/Wyatt translations of The Iliad. Other translations (Fitzgerald, Fagles et al) do not correspond as well but, with a small amount of effort, you should be able to find the reference you need regardless of the translation you use.

• 02.110 - Agamemnon addresses the Argives and calls them 'henchmen of Ares's
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• 02.385 - Agamemnon tells his solders that they should put their equipment in order so that they may fight in the division of hateful Ares
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• 02.401 - The Argives made individual prayers to various Immortals so that they might escape death and the grind of Ares
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• 02.440 - Nestor says that he and Agamemnon should go to the soldiers and stir the fierce War God
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• 02.479 - Agamemnon appeared to have the eyes and head of Zeus, the girth of Ares and the chest of Poseidon
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• 02.512 - Askalaphos (Ascalaphus) and Ialmenos (Ialmenus) are the children of Ares
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• 02.515 - Strong Ares secretly lays with the modest maiden, Astyoche
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• 02.540 - The commander of the soldiers from the island of Euboea, Elephenor, was a scion of Ares
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• 02.627 - The commander of the soldiers from Doulichion (Dulichium) and the Echinai (Echinae) islands, Meges, was a man like Ares
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• 02.651 - The co-commander of the Kretans (Cretans), Meriones, was a match for the Lord of Battles
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• 02.663 - The aging Likymnios (Licymnius), scion of Ares, was killed by his nephew, Tlepolemos (Tlepolemus)
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• 02.704 - Podarkes (Podarces), scion of Ares, took command of the soldiers from Phylake (Phylace) and Pyrasos (Pyrasus) after Protesilaus (Protesilaos) was the first Achaean (Achaian) killed at Troy
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• 02.745 - Leonteus, scion of Ares, helped Peirithoos (Peirithous) drive the beast-men from Mount Pelion
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• 02.842 - Hippothoos (Hippothous) and Pylaios (Pylaeus), scions of Ares, were commanders of the Pelasgians
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• 03.128 - Helen wove a tapestry that depicted the Trojans enduring the struggles of the War God at the hands of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 03.147 - One of Priam's advisors, Hiketaon (Hicetaon), was a scion of Ares
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• 04.441 - Eris (Discord) was the sister and companion of Ares
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• 05.030 - Athene (Athena) took Ares by the hand and addressed him as 'man-slaughtering, blood stained Ares's
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• 05.035 - Athene (Athena) leads Ares out of the battle
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• 05.289 - Diomedes says he will glut Ares with the blood of the son of Lykaon (Lycaon)
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• 05.355 - Iris leads the wounded Aphrodite to Ares and his chariot
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• 05.359 - The wounded Aphrodite calls Ares her 'beloved brother' and begs for the use of his chariot
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• 05.363 - Ares gives the wounded Aphrodite his chariot
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• 05.385 - Dione comforts the wounded Aphrodite and tells her of how Ares was bound for thirteen months by Ephialtes and Otos (Otus)
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• 05.388 - Dione tells the wounded Aphrodite how Hermes rescued Ares from Ephialtes and Otos (Otus)
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• 05.390 - Hermes frees Ares from Ephialtes and Otos (Otus)
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• 05.430 - Zeus tells the wounded Aphrodite to leave warfare to Athene (Athena) and Ares
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• 05.454 - Apollon speaks to Ares about Diomedes
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• 05.455 - Apollon calls Ares 'man-slaughtering and blood stained'
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• 05.461 - Ares assumes the guise of Akamas (Acamas) and stirs the Trojans to battle
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• 05.506 - Ares enters in the battle on the side of the Trojans at the request of Apollon
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• 05.518 - Aineias (Aeneas) returned from the fighting unwounded because Apollon, Ares and Eris (Discord) were fighting with the Trojans
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• 05.563 - Menelaos (Menelaus) fought with the fury of Ares
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• 05.576 - Pylaimenes, equal of Ares, is killed in battle
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• 05.592 - Ares and Enyo lead the Trojans into battle
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• 05.594 - Ares proceeded Hector into battle with his gigantic spear
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• 05.604 - Ares assumes the guise of a mortal man and protects Hector in the fight
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• 05.699 - Ares and Hector drove the Achaeans (Achaians) back
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• 05.702 - The Achaeans (Achaians) retreated when they saw Ares leading the Trojans
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• 05.704 - Hector and Ares, the brazen, slaughter the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 05.717 - Hera berates Athene (Athena) for allowing the cursed Ares to drive back the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 05.757 - Hera asks Zeus if he is angry at Ares for the slaughter of so many Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 05.824 - Diomedes addresses Athene (Athena) and says he has retreated and gathered his soldiers about him because lord Ares is leading the Trojans in battle
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• 05.827 - Athene (Athena) tells Diomedes not to fear Ares because she will stand beside him
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• 05.829 - Athene (Athena) tells Diomedes to steer his chariot towards Ares
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• 05.830 - Athene (Athena) tells Diomedes not to fear Ares
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• 05.841 - Athene (Athena) rides against Ares
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• 05.842 - Ares is taking the armor from the body of Periphas when Athene (Athena) attacks him
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• 05.844 - Athene (Athena) put on the Helm of Death so that blood stained Ares could not see her coming
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• 05.846 - Ares sees Diomedes and charges at him
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• 05.859 - When Athene (Athena) wounded Ares, he bellowed like nine thousand men
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• 05.864 - The Trojans and Achaeans (Achaians) shivered in fear when they heard Ares bellow in pain
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• 05.866 - The wounded Ares darkened the sky as he left the battlefield and rose into the heavens
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• 05.872 - Ares speaks to Zeus and says that Athene (Athena) is unjust
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• 05.892 - Zeus explains that the anger of Hera is the cause of Ares's suffering
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• 05.904 - Paieon quickly heals Ares's wounds
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• 05.905 - Ares is washed by Hebe and given clean clothing
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• 05.909 - Hera and Athene (Athena) return to the house of Zeus satisfied that they had stopped the murderous Ares from slaughtering the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 06.067 - Nestor addresses the Danaans and calls them 'henchmen of Ares's
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• 06.203 - Ares killed Isandros (Isander), the son of Bellerophontes (Bellerophon)
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• 07.146 - Lykourgos (Lycurgus) killed Areithoos (Areithous) and took the armor which Ares had given him
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• 07.208 - Aias strides like Ares, gigantic in his armor
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• 07.330 - Nestor calls for a pause in the fighting so that they might gather the fallen bodies that the fierce War God has scattered on the banks of the river Skamandros (Scamander)
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• 08.079 - Idomeneus, Agamemnon and the two Aiantes, henchmen of Ares, gave ground; (the Aiantes are Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias)
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• 08.349 - Hector had the eyes of a Gorgon or murderous Ares as he maneuvered his chariot
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• 08.531 - The Trojans rest for the night because dawn will awaken the bitter War God
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• 09.082 - Askalaphos (Ascalaphus) and Ialmenos (Ialmenus), sons of Ares
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• 10.228 - The two Aiantes, henchmen of Ares, were willing to go with Diomedes into the Trojan camp as spies; (the Aiantes are Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias)
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• 11.295 - Hector was a man like the murderous War God as he drove the Trojans into battle
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• 11.603 - Achilles emerged from his shelter like the War God
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• 12.130 - Leonteus is compared to the God of Battles
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• 12.188 - Leonteus, scion of Ares, killed Hippomachos (Hippomachus)
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• 13.127 - The War God could find no fault with the battalions of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 13.295 - Meriones, a match for the rapid War God, armed himself for battle
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• 13.298 - Meriones and Idomeneus are like Ares and Phobos (Terror)
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• 13.328 - Meriones, a match for the running War God led the way
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• 13.444 - Alkathoos (Alcinous) was beaten down by Poseidon, stabbed by Idomeneus and then Ares took his life away
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• 13.500 - Aineias (Aeneas) and Idomeneus are like the War God
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• 13.517 - Deiphobos killed Askalaphos, the son of Ares
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• 13.521 - Ares sat on Mount Olympos (Olympus) at the command of Zeus and did not know of the death of his son, Askalaphos (Ascalaphus)
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• 14.149 - Poseidon encourages Agamemnon and tells him that the gods are not angry with him; Poseidon then departs across the battlefield issuing a cry like nine or ten thousand warriors as they closed with the War God
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• 15.110 - Hera reminds Ares that his son, Askalaphos (Ascalaphus), has been killed and that Zeus sits apart from the other Immortals with no concern for their sorrow
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• 15.112 - Ares's son, Askalaphos (Ascalaphus), is dead
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• 15.113 - Ares strikes his thighs in anger at the news of the death of his son, Askalaphos (Ascalaphus), and addresses the other Immortals
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• 15.115 - After being cautioned by Hera, Ares speaks to the gods and says that they must not blame him for going into the battle in defiance of Zeus's orders
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• 15.119 - Ares orders Deimos (Fear) and Phobos (Terror) to harness his horses as he prepares to leave Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 15.125 - Athene (Athena) stops Ares and takes his shield and helmet
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• 15.127 - Athene (Athena) takes Ares's spear and tries to reason with him
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• 15.128 - Athene (Athena) speaks to Ares and warns him that all the gods will be punished if he enters the battle at Troy in defiance of Zeus's command
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• 15.142 - Athene (Athena) made violent Ares sit on a chair
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• 15.605 - Hector fought with the fury of Ares even though the god was not beside him
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• 15.733 - When the Trojans reached the ships, Aias encouraged the Danaans to be the henchmen of Ares and fight harder
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• 16.245 - Patroklos (Patroclus) prays to Zeus before he goes into the grind of the War God
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• 16.543 - Poulydamas (Polydamas) tells Hector and Aineias (Aeneas) that brazen Ares has killed Zeus's son, Sarpedon
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• 16.784 - Patroklos (Patroclus) charged at the Trojans with the force of the running War God
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• 17.072 - Menelaos (Menelaus) was pushed back by Hector who was a match for the running War God
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• 17.210 - When Hector put on the armor of Achilles, Ares entered his body and filled him with fighting strength
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• 17.398 - Ares nor Athene (Athena) could have scorned the terrible fight for the body of Patroklos (Patroclus) and the armor of Achilles
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• 17.721 - Aias says that he and Lesser Aias have stood fast in the face of the bitter War God and will protect Menelaos (Menelaus) as he retreats with the body of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 18.134 - Thetis tells her son, Achilles, not to go into the grind of the War God until she returns
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• 18.209 - The light emitted by the shining helmet of Achilles was like a signal flare that is used to call men to help defend their neighbors homes in the hateful division of Ares with his new armor
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• 18.264 - The fighting at Troy has been the wrath of the War God
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• 18.304 - Hector tells his soldiers that, in the morning, they will awaken the bitter god of War and attack the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 18.309 - Hector encourages his soldiers by reminding them that the War God is impartial and has killed the killer
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• 18.516 - Ares and Athene (Athena) led the Trojans into battle
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• 19.047 - The wounded Odysseus and Diomedes, men of Ares, limped because of their wounds
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• 19.078 - Agamemnon addresses the Danaans and calls them 'henchmen of Ares's
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• 19.189 - Agamemnon urges Achilles to wait before he undertakes the work of the War God
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• 20.038 - When the Immortals entered the battlefield, Ares and Apollon went to fight on the side of the Trojans
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• 20.046 - The Trojans trembled at the sight of Achilles because he looked like the War God
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• 20.051 - Ares took the guise of a storm-cloud and bellowed from the walls of Troy
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• 20.078 - Achilles was anxious to face Hector and spill his blood to Ares
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• 20.138 - Poseidon speaks to Hera and says that he will enter the battle if Ares or Apollon stands against Achilles
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• 20.152 - Ares and Apollon watch the battle
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• 20.238 - Hiketaon (Hicetaon) was a scion of Ares
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• 20.358 - Achilles urged the Achaeans (Achaians) to help him fight the mass of Trojan soldiers because not even Ares or Athene (Athena) could fight their way through such a throng
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• 21.391 - Ares enters the battle against Athene (Athena)
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• 21.394 - Ares speaks to Athene (Athena) and calls her a 'dog-fly'
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• 21.402 - Ares stabs at Athene (Athena)
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• 21.405 - Ares is hit on the neck by Athene (Athena) with a large stone
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• 21.410 - Athene (Athena) speaks to Ares after she has wounded him and says that the wound was his punishment for siding with the Trojans
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• 21.416 - Aphrodite led Ares from the battlefield after Athene (Athena) wounded him
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• 21.421 - Hera urges Athene (Athena) to go after Aphrodite for helping Ares
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• 21.425 - Athene (Athena) hits Aphrodite in the breast and knocks her and Ares to the ground and tells them that the same fate will befall any Immortal who sides with the Trojans
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• 21.431 - Athene (Athena) tells Ares and Aphrodite that they have faced her fury
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• 22.267 - Achilles tells Hector that one of them must give blood to Ares
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• 23.841 - Leonteus, scion of Ares, participated in the funeral games of Patroklos (Patroclos)
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• 24.260 - Priam laments that Ares has killed Hector and his other sons
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• 24.474 - Alkimos (Alcimus), scion of Ares, is present when Priam begs Achilles for the body of Hector
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• 24.498 - Priam laments that violent Ares has killed most of his fifty sons

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Ares in The Odyssey

(listed by book and line)

The line numbers listed here correspond fairly well with the Lattimore and Murray/Dimock translations of The Odyssey. Other translations (Fitzgerald, Fagles et al) do not correspond as well but, with a small amount of effort, you should be able to find the reference you need regardless of the translation you use.

• 08.116 - Euryalos (Euryalus), the best of all the Phaiakians (Phaeacians), was like murdering Ares when he faced Odysseus in the athletic games
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• 08.267 - Demodokos (Demodocus) sang of the love between Ares and Aphrodite
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• 08.276 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) devised a treacherous snare to capture Ares and Aphrodite
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• 08.285 - Ares, of the gold reins, watched until Hephaistos (Hephaestus) left his home and then sought the love of Aphrodite
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• 08.290 - Ares entices Aphrodite into his arms
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• 08.309 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) speaks to Zeus and says that his wife, Aphrodite, loves Ares because he is handsome
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• 08.331 - The lame Hephaistos (Hephaestus) has captured the swift Ares by craft and now Ares must pay adulterer's damage
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• 08.345 - Poseidon speaks to Hephaistos (Hephaestus) and promises to pay the adulterer's damage if Ares refuses
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• 08.352 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) is afraid that Ares will not pay the adulterer's debt
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• 08.355 - Poseidon again promises Hephaistos (Hephaestus) that he will pay the adulterer's damage if Ares does not
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• 08.361 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) frees Ares and Aphrodite from his snare; Ares goes to Thrace and Aphrodite goes to the island of Kypros (Cyprus)
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• 08.518 - Demodokos (Demodocus) sang about the Wooden Horse and how Menelaos (Menelaos) fought like Ares at the side of Odysseus
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• 11.537 - Odysseus speaks to the ghost of Achilles in the Underworld and says the War God rages at all and favors no man
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• 14.216 - The disguised Odysseus tells the swineherd, Eumaios (Eumaeus), that Ares and Athene (Athena) had once made him a good fighter
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• 16.268 - The winner of the fight between Odysseus and Penelope's suitors will be the War God's choice

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Ares in The Argonautika

(listed by book and line)

• 1.743 - On the robe which Athene (Athena) made for Jason, was an image of Aphrodite (Kytherea) holding the shield of Ares
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• 2.385 - On the Island of Ares, the Amazon Queens Otrere and Antiope built a stone temple of Ares
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• 2.404 - Phineus told the Argonauts that when they reached the land of Kolchis (Colchis) they would see the shady Grove of Ares
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• 2.989 - The Amazons care only for the works of Ares, war and grievous outrage
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• 2.990 - The Amazons are the daughters of Ares and the nymph Harmonia
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• 2.991 - The nymph Harmonia bore to Ares the war-loving maids (the Amazons)
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• 2.1169 - After meeting the sons of Phrixus on the Island of Ares, the Argonauts went to the roofless Temple of Ares and built a simple altar of pebbles
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• 2.1205 - Argos (Argus), the son of Phrixus, told the Argonauts that King Aietes (Aeetes) might match himself to Ares with his dread war-cry and great strength
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• 2.1230 - The Argonauts sailed away from the Island of Ares
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• 3.322 - Argos (Argus), the son of Phrixus, told King Aietes (Aeetes) that his ship was torn asunder on the Island of Ares
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• 3.411 - King Aietes (Aeetes) challenged Jason to harness the bronze-footed bulls and plow the Field of Ares
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• 3.560 - The Argonaut Idas was outraged because his companions did not want to call upon Enyalius (Ares) to help them against King Aietes (Aeetes)
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• 3.754 - Medeia (Medea) dreamed that Jason was likely to die on the Field of Ares when he tried to harness the bronze-footed bulls of King Aietes (Aeetes)
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• 3.1187 - Kadmos (Cadmus) populated the city of Thebes with the Earth-Born people who grew from the dragon's teeth but were not killed by the spear of Ares
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• 3.1227 - King Aietes (Aeetes) put on his body-armor which Ares had given to him after he killed Mimas
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• 3.1282 - When Jason stepped off the Argo to confront the bronze-footed bulls of King Aietes (Aeetes), he somewhat resembled Ares and somewhat resembled Apollon of the golden sword
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• 3.1357 - The Earth-Born warriors were coming up all over the Field of Ares against Jason
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• 3.1366 - Jason lifted and threw a giant stone into the midst of the Earth-Born warriors; the stone was large but it might have been used as sport for Ares Enyalius
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• 4.166 - After Medeia (Medea ) charmed the dragon with sleep, she and Jason took the Golden Fleece and fled from the Garden of Ares

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Other Text References

Works and Days

• line 145 - The people of the third age of mortals loved the works of Ares and deeds of violence

Theogony

• line 922 - Hera and Zeus brought forth Ares, Hebe and Eileithyia (Eilithyia)
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• line 933 - Phobos and Deimos were born to Kytherea (Aphrodite) and Ares
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• line 937 - Harmonia was born to Kytherea (Aphrodite) and Ares

Catalogues of Women and Eoiae

• fragment 50 - Hippostratus was a scion of Ares
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• fragment 70 - Nikostratos (Nicostratus), a scion of Ares, was a son of Helen and Menelaos
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• fragment 79 - Eurytos (Eurytus) had a son named Iphitus, a scion of Ares
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• fragment 99-2 - The Danai were the servants of Ares; the Danai were the descendants of Dardanos (Dardanus)

Catalogue of Women

(The fragment numbers listed here are from the Loeb Classical Library vol. 503, Hesiod II)

• fragment 1.18 - The poet asks the Muses to sing of the women who mated with the gods including Ares
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• fragment 10.69 - This fragment is about the children of Kalyke (Calyce) and mentions loud-shouting dire Ares
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• fragment 22.0 - Althaea bore to Ares famous Meleagros (Meleager)
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• fragment 22.4 - Meleagros (Meleager) was best at fighting with the spear except for Herakles (Heracles) and Ares
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• fragment 22.16 - Of the sons Althaea bore to Oineus, Klymenos (Clymenus) was equal to Ares
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• fragment 136.6 - The Danaans, servants if Ares, were bearing gifts to Polyneikes (Polynices)

The Shield of Herakles (Heracles)

• line 57 - Herakles killed Kyknos (Cycnus), the gallant son of Ares
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• line 98 - Herakles told Iolaos (Iolaus) not to fear Ares as he raged about the grove of Apollon
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• line 109 - Herakles told Iolaos (Iolaus) to put on his armor so that they could ride against the chariot of Ares
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• line 181 - Mopsos (Mopsus) was a scion of Ares
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• line 191 - An image of the fleet-footed horses of Ares was on the Shield of Herakles
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• line 333 - The goddess Athene (Athena) told Iolaos (Iolaus) that after Kyknos (Cycnus) had been killed, to try to would Ares by stabbing under his shield
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• line 346 - Ares and Kyknos (Cycnus) were ready to fight Herakles like fire and whirlwind
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• line 357 - Herakles told Kyknos (Cycnus) that Ares could not save him from death
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• line 425 - After Herakles killed Kyknos (Cycnus), he waited for the onset of Ares
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• line 434 - Herakles stood face to face with Ares
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• line 441 - Ares charged at Herakles in his chariot
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• line 444 - When Ares charged Herakles, Athene (Athena) came out to confront Ares
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• line 446 - Athene (Athena) told Ares that he should not attack Herakles because it was not ordained that he should kill Herakles
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• line 450 - Ares ignored the intervention of Athene (Athena) and boldly charged at Herakles
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• line 457 - Athene (Athena) turned aside Ares's spear when he attacked Herakles

Hymn to Pythian Apollon III

• line 200 - When Apollon plays his lyre on Mount Olympos (Olympus), Ares and the other Immortals dance

Hymn to Aphrodite V

• line 10 - Athene (Athena) delights in the works of Ares, strife and battles

Hymn to Ares VIII

• A plea to Ares, the king of manliness, to look down from his fiery sphere in the aethers and drive away cowardice and give strength in war; the prayer ends by asking Ares to help restrain the fury which causes strife and give boldness to those who abide the laws of peace to avoid hatred and violent fiends of death

Epigrams

• fragment X - The iron which Ares loves is found on Mount Ida

The Kypria

• fragment 7 - Kastor (Castor) was mortal but Polydeukes (Polydeuces or Pollux), scion of Ares, is immortal

The Aethiopis

• fragment 1, line 6 - The Amazon Penthesilea (Penthesileia), daughter of Ares, was killed by Achilles in the Trojan War
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• fragment 2 - After the burial of Hector, the Amazon daughter of Ares, came to Troy to fight; assumed to be referring to Penthesilea (Penthesileia)

Little Iliad

• fragment 2 - I sing of Ilium and Dardania where the Danai, followers of Ares, suffered many things; the Danai were the descendants of Dardanos (Dardanus)

The Telegony

• fragment 1, line 14 - When Ares attacked the army of Menelaos (Menelaus), Athene (Athena) fought with Ares until Apollon separated them

The Battle of Frogs and Mice

• line 123 - The mice were armed by Ares
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• line 130 - The mice had spears made of bronze needles, the work of Ares
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• line One of the frogs, Rueful, was like Ares as he attacked
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• line 278 - Hera told Zeus that neither Athene (Athena) nor Ares could deliver the frogs from utter destruction

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod

• section 321, line 22 - The Aiantes (Aias and Aias) were so fierce in battle that neither Ares or Athene (Athena) would have scorned them

The Histories

• 2.59 - The Egyptians held their solemn assemblies for Ares at the city of Papremis
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• 2.63 - At the Egyptian city of Papremis, ceremonial fights are held to commemorate the time when Ares came to the temple to visit his mother and the attendants would not let him enter; Ares returned with a group of followers and fought his way into the temple
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• 2.83 - In Egypt there were many oracles including one of Ares
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• 4.59 - The Scythians worship Ares as a lesser god with Histia (Hestia) being the most prominent
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• 4.62 - The Scythians sacrifice to Ares in the following way: a platform of brushwood is made and a sword is placed in the center of the platform; one of every hundred captives of war have their throats cut and the blood of the victim is poured on the sword; the right arm of the victim is cut off and thrown into the air; the corpse of the victim and arm are left apart from one another
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• 5.7 - The Thracian people worship only Ares, Dionysos and Artemis but the kings worship Hermes above all other gods
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• 7.76 - The Thracians have an Oracle of Ares
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• 7.140 - When the Persians were preparing to attack Athens, the Athenians sent an emissary to the Oracle at Delphi; the priestess proclaimed that the Athenians should flee the city because sharp Ares would destroy many fortresses
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• 8.52 - When the Persians attacked Athens they took up position in the Hill of Ares (The Areopagus) and shot flaming arrows into the Acropolis
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• 8.77 - When the Persians were preparing to attack Athens, the Oracle at Delphi told the Athenians that Ares would stain the sea with blood but that Zeus would give them victory over the Persians
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