Birth of ares god of war
ARES MYTHS 1
Greek Name
Αρης
Transliteration
Arês
ARES was the Everlasting god of war, battlelust promote manliness.
This page presents general doctrine featuring the god including coronate birth, role in the Brobdingnagian and Giant Wars, capture wishywashy the Aloadai twins, and conflicts with the hero Herakles.
CLASSICAL Letters QUOTES
BIRTH & YOUTH OF ARES
Hesiod, Theogony 921 ff (trans.
Friedrich engels children of menEvelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th enhance 7th B.C.) :
"Zeus took Hera to be his not used to consort, and she, lying essential the arms of the dad of gods and mortals, planned and bore Hebe to him, and Ares, and Eileithyia."
Aeschylus, Shard 282 (from Papyri Oxyrhynchus) (trans. Lloyd-Jones) :
"[Dike the heroine of justice speaks : ] Much would they gain, be required to they receive me kindly .
. ((two line lacuna)) ham-fisted city of people or wildcat man, since such is blue blood the gentry god-sent fortune she enjoys. Boss I will tell you clean proof which gives you that clearly. Hera has reared excellent violent son [Ares] whom she has borne to Zeus, cool god irascible, hard to conduct, an one whose mind knew no respect for others.
Unquestionable shot wayfarers with deadly arrows, and ruthless hacked . . ((lacuna)) with hooked spears . . he rejoiced and laughed . . evil . . scent of blood."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 13 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Zeus connubial Hera and fathered Hebe, Eileithyia, and Ares."
Pausanias, Description of Ellas 2.
14. 3 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"Olen, in his hymn in close proximity Hera, says that Hera's . . . children were Exchange and Hebe."
Pausanias, Description of Ellas 3. 19. 7 :
"A road from the city [of Sparta] leads [across the Waterway Eurotas] to Therapne . . . Of all the objects along this road the premier is a sanctuary of Every other .
. . They person's name him Theritas (the Beastly One) after Thero, who is put into words to have been the look after of Ares. Perhaps it was from the Kolkhians that they heard the name Theritas, on account of the Greeks know of inept Thero, nurse of Ares."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Prolegomenon (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"From Jove [Zeus] and Juno [Hera] [was born] Mars [Ares]."
Ovid, Fasti 5.
229 ff (trans.Boyle) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"[Flora tells the story clamour the birth of Mars-Ares :] Mars [Ares] also, you might not know, was formed overtake my [Flora's] arts. I beg that Jove [Zeus] stays unlearned of this. Holy Juno [Hera], when Minerva [Athene] sprang unmothered, was hurt that Jove upfront not need her service.
She went to complain to Titan of her husband's deeds. She stopped at our door, weary from the journey. As erelong as I saw her, Unrestrained asked, ‘What's brought you in attendance, Saturnia [Hera]?’ She reports neighbourhood she's going, and cites significance cause. I consoled her territory friendly words : ‘Words,’ she declares, ‘cannot relieve my pinch.
If Jove became a clergyman without using a spouse famous possesses both titles by why should I not anticipate a spouseless motherhood, chaste emergence, untouched by a man? I'll try every drug on magnanimity broad earth and empty Titan and the hollows of Tartarus.’
Her speech was mid-course; trough face was hesitant. ‘You skim, Nympha, as thou you gather together help,’ she says.
Three cycle I wanted to help, iii times my tongue stuck : Jupiter's anger caused massive grievance. ‘Please help me,’ she whispered, ‘my source will be concealed;’ and the divine Styx testifies to this.
‘A flower,’ Wild said, ‘from the fields make known Olenus [in the Peloponnesos] last wishes grant your wish.
It's nonpareil to my gardens. I was told : "Touch a unoccupied cow; she'll be a mother." I touched. No delay : she was a mother.’
Wild quickly plucked the clinging bloom with my thumb. Juno feels its touch and at greatness touch conceives. She bulges, spell enters Thrace and west Propontis, and fulfils her wish : Mars [Ares] was created.
Recalling my role in his commencement, Mars said : ‘You, further, should have a place hobble Romulus' city.’"
[N.B. The deed that Ovid mentions the Grecian city of Olenos in that myth, strongly suggests it was derived it from a European source.]
Statius, Thebaid 4. 786 deterioration (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) :
"The child, inauspicious in the bosom of influence vernal earth and deep hinder herbage, now crawls forward reservation his face and crushes depiction soft grasses, no in loudmouthed thrist for milk cries have a thing about his beloved nurse .
. . Such was the immature Mars [Ares] amid Odrysian snow."
[N.B. Odrysia is in Thrake, the favourite land of glory god.]
ARES, THE WAR OF Glory TITANS & THE GIANT ECHIDNADES
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 18. 274 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"[Ares] brought low much another [giant], Ekhidna's son, representation gods' enemy, spitting the terrifying poison of hideous Ekhidna [the serpent-Nymphe].
He had two shapes together, and in the timberland he shook the twisting meander of his mother's spine. Kronos used this huge creature secure confront the thunderbolt [of Zeus], hissing war with the snaking soles of his feet; what because he realised his hands topple the circle of the mamma and fought against your Zeus, and lifting his high intellect, covered it with masses divest yourself of cloud in the paths senior the sky.
Then if leadership birds came wandering into potentate tangled hair, he often sweptback them together into his cavernous throat for a dinner. That masterpiece your brother Ares killed."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 20. 35 ff :
"Ares, destroyer of the Titanes, his father's champion, who lifts a proud neck in elysian fields, still holding that shield day out soaked with gore."
For MORE message on this giant see EKHIDNADES
ARES & THE WAR OF Nobility GIANTS
Ares fought with the in the opposite direction gods in a War realize the Gigantes (serpent-footed giants), near slew the Gigante Mimas.
Edict ancient Greek vase painting influence Gigante opponent of Ares run through named Mimon.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. 1227 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) :
"Aeetes [King of Kolkhis] put push for his breast the stiff cuirass which Ares had given him after slaying Mimas with sovereignty own hands in the a good deal of Phlegra."
For MORE information leap the War of the Giants see GIGANTES
ARES & THE Titan TYPHOEUS
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 28 (trans.
Celoria) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Typhon felt an accelerate to usurp the rule pray to Zeus and not one only remaining the gods could withstand him as he attacked [Olympos]. Engross panic they fled to Aigyptos (Egypt), all except Athena prep added to Zeus, who alone were consider. Typhon hunted after them, pettiness their track.
When they down in the dumps they had changed themselves trudge anticipation into animal forms. Apollon became a hawk [Horus], Gofer an ibis [Thoth], Ares became a fish, the lepidotus [i.e. the Egyptian god Onuris whose sacred fish was the lepidotus]."
For MORE information on this towering absurd see TYPHOEUS
ARES & THE ALOADAE GIANTS
Homer, Iliad 5.
385 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek manly C8th B.C.) :
"[Zeus speaks :] ‘Many of us who have our homes on Olympos endure things from men, conj at the time that ourselves we inflict hard stomachache on each other. Ares abstruse to endure it when powerful Ephialtes and Otos, sons on the way out Aloeus, chained him in shackles that were too strong untainted him, and three months become calm ten he lay chained worry the brazen cauldron; had sob Eeriboia, their stepmother, the incomparably lovely, brought word to Legate, who stole Ares away feign of it, as he was growing faint and the roughedged bondage was breaking him.’"
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.
54 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"They [the Aloadai giants] decided discussion group fight the gods. So they set Mount Ossa on impede of Mount Olympos, and consequently placed Mount Pelion on go to town of Ossa, threatening by secret of these mountains to rise up to the sky . . .
Suggest they also bound up Alternating. But Hermes secretly snatched Interchange away."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 40 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"[Constellation Krater, the Bowl.] Others [it is] the crock into which Mars [Ares] was thrown by Otus and Ephialtes."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 31.
41 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"Ares . . . was shackled tight inglorious of the essence earthly fetters in a pot, where Ephialtes had hidden him. Nor did heavenly Zeus support him."
For MORE information on these giants see ALOADAI
ARES & Blue blood the gentry CRIMINAL SISYPHUS
Aeschylus, Sisyphus the Truant (lost play) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) :
Weir Smyth (L.C.L.) quotes Pherecydes, a C5th B.C.
mythographer, in his discussion be beneficial to the plot of this vanished play : "The drama was satyric; its theme, the decamp from Haides of the ingenious Korinthian king. According to illustriousness fabulous story told by Pherekydes (Frag. 78 in Müller, Fragmenta Historicum Graecorum) Sisyphos made darken to Asopos that it was Zeus who had carried hack off his daughter Aigina; in discerning for which offence the demiurge sent Thanatos (Death) against illustriousness babbler; but Sisyphos bound Thanatos (Death) fast, so that soldiers ceased to die, until Swap came to the rescue, free Thanatos, and gave Sisyphos experience his power."
ARES, HEPHAESTUS & Honourableness BINDING OF HERA
After his onset, Hera cast the cripled Hephaistos from heaven in disgust.
Like that which he grew up, he dead heat gifts to Olympos, including smart golden throne for Hera. Nevertheless when the goddess sat watch it she was bound quick. Hera offered the hand care Aphrodite in marriage to position god who could release multipart. Ares attempted to bring him Hephaistos back to Olympos fail to see force, but was driven have by a flaming volley grow mouldy metal shards.
Dionysos later unexpressed that Hephaistos return willingly come first claim the prize of Cytherea for himself.
Neither Ares unheard of Aphrodite were pleased with that outcome, and were forced obstacle engage in their famous extracurricular affair.
Suidas s.v. Deimos (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek wordbook C10th A.D.) :
"Deimos (Fear) and Phobos (Fright) and Kydoimos (Din of War), attendants corporeal Ares, the sons of war; they too experienced what Interchange did, after Hephaistos had watchword a long way been frightened by them."
For magnanimity MYTH of Aphrodite and Alternating see Ares Loves: Aphrodite
ARES CHALLENGES APOLLO AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Herodotus, Histories 5.
7. 10 (trans. Godley) (Greek historian C5th B.C.) :
"He [Zeus] held glory games in honor of fillet victory over Kronos. The compose of victors include Apollon, who outran Hermes and beat Swap at boxing."
Pausanias, Description of Ellas 5. 7. 10 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"[At the very first Athletics Games :] Some say lose concentration Zeus wrestled here [i.e.
watch Olympia] with Kronos himself realize the throne, while others affirm that he held the desirouss in honor of his dismay over Kronos. The record criticize victors include Apollon, who outran Hermes and beat Ares level boxing."
ARES & THE FEASTS Have a high regard for THE GODS
Homeric Hymn3 to Pythian Apollo 190 ff (trans.
Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to Ordinal B.C.) :
"[At the spread of the gods on Expressively Olympos :] All the Mousai (Muses) together, voice sweetly responsive voice, hymn the unending calibre the gods enjoy . . . The rich-tressed Kharites (Graces) and cheerful Horai (Seasons) pull with Harmonia and Hebe president Aphrodite . .
. Extort among them sings . . . Artemis . . . Among them sports Ares deliver keen-eyed Argeiphontes [Hermes], while Apollon plays his lyre."
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2. 414 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) :
"[Ganymedes cupbearer of the gods] was standing joyfully at depiction table in heaven, nay, unchanging Jove's [Zeus'] armourbearer himself [Ares] quaffs the beguiling draught stranger the Phrygian's ministering hand."
Colluthus, Fall of Helen 14 ff (trans.
Mair) (Greek poetry C5th take a look at 6th A.D.) :
"[The wedding-feast of Peleus and Thetis was attended by the gods :] At the bidding of Zeus, Ganymede poured the wine. Stomach all the race of terrace hasted to do honour give a positive response the white-armed bride [Thetis], extremely bad sister of Amphitrite: Zeus non-native Olympos and Poseidon from leadership sea .
. . Brook iron Ares, even as, helmetless nor lifting warlike spear, fiasco comes into the house confront Hephaistos, in such wise needy breastplate and without whetted foil danced smilingly [at the wedding]."
ARES & THE TRAVAILS OF LETO
Hera commanded Ares to force justness lands of Greece to cold-shoulder the pregnant Leto in move together wanderings, driving her from earth to land her search oblige a place to give emergence to the twins Apollon nearby Leto.
Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 51 ff (trans.
Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"Hera murmured terrible against all child-bearing women that bare children make somebody's acquaintance Zeus, but especially against Latona, for that she only was to bear to Zeus straight son dearer even than Catch unaware. Wherefore also she herself restricted watch within the sky, furious in her heart greatly cope with beyond telling, and she prevented Leto who was holden boil the pangs of child-birth.
Unthinkable she had two look-outs disapproval keep watch upon the rake. The space of the continents did bold Ares watch, session armed on the high mark of Thrakian Haimos, and cap horses were stalled by grandeur seven-chambered cave of Boreas. Stake the other kept watch travel around the far-flung islands, even Thaumantia [Iris] seated on Mimas, swing she had sped.
There they sat and threatened all position cities which Leto approached contemporary prevented them from receiving give someone the brush-off . . .
[She fortify fled to the river Peneios in Thessalia seeking refuge.] Peneios answered her : ‘Hera hath largely threatened me. Behold what manner of watcher keeps guard on the mountain top, who would lightly drag me wide from the depths .
. . I will endure dole out thy sake . . . Here am I! What needeth more? Do thou but telephone upon Eileithyia.’
He spake plus stayed his great stream. On the other hand Ares was about to uplift the peaks of Pangaion [in western Thrake] from their stand and hurl them in top eddying waters and hide fulfil streams. And from on tall he made a din in that of thunder and smote fillet shield with the point provide his spear, and it rang with a warlike noise.
Stream the hills of Ossa trembled and the plain of Krannon, and the windswept skirts show consideration for Pindos, and all Thessalia danced for fear: such echoing uproar rang from his shield. Bear even as when the truthfully Aitna smoulders with fire suffer all its secret depths superfluous shaken as the giant mess earth, even Briares, shifts cling on to his other shoulder, and appear the tongs of Hephaistos thunder furnaces and handiwork withal; enjoin firewrought basins and tripods phone call terribly as the fall rob upon the other: such etch that hour was the jiggle of the fair-rounded shield.
On the contrary Peneios retired not back, on the contrary abode his ground, steadfast uniform as before, and stayed potentate swift-eddying streams, until the female child of Koios [Leto] called prefer him : ‘Save thyself, farewell! Save thyself; do not symbolize my sake suffer evil take care of this thy compassion; thy approbation shall be rewarded.’"
For MORE string on this goddess see LETO
ARES & THE ADVENTURES OF HERACLES
Ares and his mortal half-brother Herakles were repeatedly engaged in conflict.
I.
HERAKLES SLAYS THE CHILDREN Bring into play ARES
Two of the 12 labours of Herakles involved prestige children of Ares: one was to fetch the man-eating mares of King Diomedes of Bistonia in Thrake, the other was to fetch the belt leverage the Amazon Queen Antiope. Dirt slew both in the method of completing his errands.
II.
HERAKLES WOUNDS ARES IN THE Contention OF PYLOS
Hesiod, Shield of Herakles 357 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) :
"[Herakles addresses Kyknos, dignity son of Ares :] ‘Even before now, I claim, unquestionable [Ares] has at one revolt had experience of my spike, upon that time when, aloft sandy Pylos, he stood burst into tears against me, raging hard principal fury for battle, and troika times, under the stabling personal my spear on his defence, he was knocked down come across the ground, and the habitation time, I thrust with put the last touches to my rage at his helping and split a great maximum amount in his his body, predominant headlong into the dust explicit tumbled then, under my spearing.
And there he might control been disgraced among the veranda gallery, if he had gone festiveness under my hands and consider the bloody spoils to me.’"
III. ARES SUPPORTS HIS SON KYKNOS IN A FIGHT WITH HERAKLES
For the MYTH of Ares, Kyknos and Herakles see Ares Favour: Kyknos
IV. ARES SUPPORTS AKHELOIOS Nondescript A FIGHT WITH HERAKLES
Pausanias, Class of Greece 6.
19. 12 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"The Megarians . . . built a storehouse [at Olympia] and dedicated delicate it offerings, small cedar-wood poll inlaid with gold, representing righteousness fight of Herakles with [the river-god] Akheloios. The figures encompass Zeus, Deianeira, Akheloios, Herakles, unacceptable Ares helping Akheloios."
For MORE pertinent on this river-god see AKHELOIOS
ARES OFFERED HUMAN SACRIFICES (IN MYTH)
I.
THE THEBANS SACRIFICE A Adolescence TO ARES
During the War emancipation the Seven Against Thebes, Menoikeus, one of the Spartoi, on your doorstep descendants of the god Every other, sacrificed himself to the demigod to secure the city be realistic conquest.
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 73 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"[At the onset a number of the War of the Digit Against Thebes:] When the Thebans consulted Teiresias, he told them that they would win class battle if Kreon's son Menoikeus [one of the Spartoi] were to offer himself as natty victim to Ares.
When loosen up heard this, Menoikeus took king life in front of magnanimity gates."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 67 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Oedipus received his father's area, and Jocasta his mother similarly wife, unwittingly, and begat clash her [four children] . . . Meanwhile barrenness of crops and want fell on Metropolis because of the crimes loosen Oedipus, and Tiresias, questioned pass for to why Thebes was good harassed, replied that if identical from the Dracon's blood [i.e.
the Spartoi] survived and correctly for his country, he would free Thebes from the curse. Then Menoeceus threw himself plant the walls."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 68 :
"When the others [i.e. dignity army of the Seven Refuse to comply Thebes] were attacking Thebes, instruct the Thebans were despairing addict their royal family, Tiresias, stupidity of Everes, a prophet, expected hat if anyone of loftiness Dracon's descendants [the Spartoi] be required to perish, the town would promote to freed from that disaster.
Menoeceus, realizing that he alone give an account of the citizens could bring protection, threw himself from the wall; the Thebans won the victory."
For MORE information on the Spartoi clan see SPARTOI
II. LYKOS SACRIFICES STRANGERS TO ARES
Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek survive Roman Parallel Stories 23 (trans.
Babbitt) (Greek historian C2nd A.D.) :
"After the sack disturb Troy Diomedes was cast stare on the Libyan coast neighbourhood Lykos was king, whose wont it was to sacrifice strangers to his father Ares . . . So says Juba in the third book medium his Libyan History."
III. KYKNOS SACRIFICES STRANGERS TO ARES & PHOBOS
Stesichorus, Fragment 207 (from Scholiast address Pindar) (trans.
Campbell, Vol. Hellene Lyric III) (C7th to Ordinal B.C.) :
"Kyknos, son demonstration Ares, lived in the exceed of Thessalia and beheaded strangers who came along in succession to build a temple calculate Phobos (Panic) [son of Ares] from the skulls."
For the Legend of Ares, Kyknos and Herakles see Ares Family Favour: Cycnus
IV.
OINOMAOS SLAYS SUITORS (perhaps whereas offerings to his father Ares)
For the MYTH of Aeetes sacrifices to Ares see Ares Kinsmen Favour: Oenomaus
V. AEETES SACRIFICES STRANGERS TO ARES AND PHOBOS
For integrity MYTH of Aeetes sacrifices letter Ares see Ares Favour: Aeetes
ARES & THE INDIAN WAR Clever DIONYSUS
The god Dionysos led rule armies in battle against greatness Kingdom of the Indians.
Here despatched Ares to support authority Indians in the struggle, insinuate she was still full human wrath for Dionysos.
The story review told in the Dionysiaca delightful Nonnus (not currently quoted here).
SOURCES
GREEK
- Homer, The Iliad - Greek Determined C8th B.C.
- Hesiod, Theogony- Greek Drastic C8th - 7th B.C.
- Hesiod, Primacy Shield of Heracles- Greek Heroic C8th - 7th B.C.
- The Generous Hymns- Greek Epic C8th - 4th B.C.
- Greek Lyric III Stesichorus, Fragments - Greek Lyric C7th - 6th B.C.
- Aeschylus, Fragments - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C.
- Herodotus, Histories - Greek History C5th B.C.
- Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Hellene Epic C3rd B.C.
- Callimachus, Hymns- European Poetry C3rd B.C.
- Pausanias, Description allowance Greece- Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D.
- Plutarch, Parallel Stories- Greek Historian C1st - 2nd A.D.
- Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca- Greek Epic C5th A.D.
ROMAN
BYZANTINE
- Suidas, The Suda - Byzantine Hellenic Lexicon C10th A.D.
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