god
Ares
also: Ἄρης, Ἄρηος, Ἄρηα
God of war, invoked from the opening line as a byword for combat ('the work of Ares') and appearing near the end as a character, where he tells Zeus that even his and Athena's strength cannot save the frogs.
Reading notes
- The Battle of Frogs and Mice §1 Ares
God of war, invoked from the opening line as a byword for combat ('the work of Ares') and appearing near the end as a character, where he tells Zeus that even his and Athena's strength cannot save the frogs.
- The Epigrams of Homer §10 Ares
God of war, invoked by metonymy for iron and weapons: 'the iron of Ares' means arms and armour.
- The Homeric Hymns §8.1 Ares
God of war, invoked from the opening line as a byword for combat ('the work of Ares') and appearing near the end as a character, where he tells Zeus that even his and Athena's strength cannot save the frogs.
- The Iliad §2.110 Ares
God of war, a partisan of Troy; wounded by Diomedes (with Athena's help) in Book 5, he is later struck down by Athena herself in the gods' battle of Book 21.
- The Odyssey §8.256 the love of Ares and well-garlanded Aphrodite
Demodocus's second song: Ares and Aphrodite's adultery, caught in Hephaestus's unbreakable golden net and exposed to the laughing gods.
Mentioned in 5 works (141 mentions)
The Iliad
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