In Greek Mythology Ares means god of war
In Greek mythology, Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Though often referred to as the Olympian god of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodlust, or slaughter personified: “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 warfare, whereas Ares tended to be one of unpredictable warfare. Ares is the god of war. The reading of his character remains ambiguous, in a late 6th-century funerary inscription from Attica: “Stay and mourn at the tomb of dead Kroisos/ Whom raging Ares destroyed one day, fighting in the foremost ranks.”
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