Ares Month of Devotional Thought: Day 1 - Basic Introduction
Khaire! Today is a day of Introductions and so I introduce Ares God of War, Chaos, Destruction and Civil order Within the Hellenic Pantheon of Gods Ares is one of the twelve Olympians and is the Son of Zeus King of Olympus and his wife Hera , sister and wife to Zeus (i will explain Areas's generology later on). His main domain is that of War whereas his sister is Athena who although also a Goddess of War, prides herself in the strategem of War. Ares is one who is boistrous and full of courage valour and sometimes even a hothead, which can be one of his unliked attributes along with bloodlust when paired with his other sister and Lover Enyo. Ares black figure Amphora, Worcester Art museum C6th BC Taken form Theoi .com Ares was mainly honoured in Sparta , but not so much in the city of Athens , whose Patron was Athena , Ares's half sister by Zeus and Metis (more on that story later). When we think of Ares we think of a young to middle aged man w...