“Stay and mourn at the tomb of dead Kroisos/ Whom raging Ares destroyed one day, fighting in the foremost ranks”. — century funerary inscription from Attica. In the Greek mythology Ares is the god of war. Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera and half-sister of Athena, also a deity of war. Ares was unpredictable in war.
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February 18th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
[...] “Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war.” Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera and half-sister of Athena, also a deity of war. In the Greek [...]
February 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
[...] “Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war.” Although Ares‘ half-sister Athena was also considered a war deity, her stance was that of strategic [...]