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- Olympian god
- Son of
- 👤 Hera 👤 Zeus
- Father of
- 👤 Aeropos (Arcadian II) 👤 Alcippe (Athenian) 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Calydon (eponym III) 👤 Cycnos (s. of Ares) 👤 Deimos 👤 Diomedes (Thracian) 👤 Dracon (rat. Serpent of Ares) 👤 Dryas (Calydonian?) 👤 Euenos (Aitolian) 👤 Harmonia (Theban) 👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I) 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Lycaon (Thracian) 👤 Melanippe (Amazon) 👤 Melanippos (Achaian I) 👤 Meleagros 👤 Molos (s. of Ares) 👤 Nike (personification) 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 👤 Oxylos (Calydonian) 👤 Pangaios 👤 Parthenopaios 👤 Penthesileia 👤 Phlegyas (eponym) 👤 Phobos 👤 Pylos (s. of Ares) 👤 Remus 👤 Romulus 👤 Strymon (eponym) 👤 Stymphelos 👤 Tereus 👤 Thebe (d. of Ares)👤 Thestios 👤 Tmolos (Lydian II) 👤 the Serpent of Ares 👥 the Amazons
- Husband of
- 👤 Aphrodite
- Has children with
- 👤 Aerope (Arcadian) 👤 Agraulos 👤 Althaia 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Astynome 👤 Astyoche (d. of Actor) 👤 Atalante 👤 Chryse (d. of Almos) 👤 Critoboule 👤 Cyrene (Thracian) 👤 Demonice 👤 Dormothea 👤 Dotis 👤 Harpina (eponym) 👤 Helice (Thracian) 👤 Melanippe (mother of Parthenopaios)👤 Otrera 👤 Peisidice (Aitolian) 👤 Pelopia (m. of Cycnos) 👤 Periboia (Olenian) 👤 Protogeneia (Calydonian) 👤 Pyrene 👤 Rhea Silvia 👤 Sterope (Atlantid) 👤 Theogone 👤 Triteia (eponym)
- Eponym of
- 🌍 the Island of Ares (Pontos)
- Divine patron of
- ⭐ Mars (planet)🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy) 🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Syracuse (Sicily) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 👥 the Defenders of Troy
- Kills
- 👤 Diorphos 👤 Halirrhothios (s. of Poseidon)👤 Helenos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Isandros 👤 Oinomaos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Oresbios 👤 Orestes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Periphas (Aitolian) 👤 Teuthras (Greek at Troy) 👤 Trechos
- Wounded by
- 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Heracles
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Geronthrai (Laconia) 🌍 the Grove of Ares (Colchis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Ares Theritas (Laconia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Ares and Aphrodite (Argolid) 💠 the Temple of Ares (Athens)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Sword of Ares
- Depictions
- 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Heracles💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Megarian Treasury (Olympia) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Amphora attributed to the Antimenes Painter (Nicholson NM77.1; Beazley 5864; LIMC Kyknos I 53)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Pelike in the manner of the Acheloos Painter (Otago E48.226; Beazley 302889)🖌️ Wall painting of the Twelve Gods r9-i11-p1 (P-LOD r9-i11-p1)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa del Primo Piano, Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i11-p15-space-14)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa del citarista, Pompeii (Naples 120034, 111472, 112282; P-LOD r1-i4-p5-space-20)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii (P-LOD r5-i4-pa-space-4)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii (P-LOD r5-i4-pa-space-7)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i7-p11-space-19)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i7-p19-space-c)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii (P-LOD r9-i14-p4-space-e)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis ⭐ Mars (planet)⭐ Venus (planet)🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Anthe (Thessaly) 🌍 Armenia 🌍 Arne (Thessaly) 🌍 Bithynia (Pontos) 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Crannon (Thessaly) 🌍 Ephyra (Thessaly?) 🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy) 🌍 Geronthrai (Laconia) 🌍 Helice (Thessaly) 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 Latium (Italy) 🌍 Mount Callicolone (Troad) 🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Ossa (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Pangaion (Thrace) 🌍 Mount Pindos (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 River Scamandros (Troad) 🌍 River Simoeis (Troad) 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Syracuse (Sicily) 🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Thesprotia 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens) 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Citadel of Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Grove of Ares (Colchis) 🌍 the Island of Ares (Pontos) 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Sanctuary of Ares Theritas (Laconia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Ares and Aphrodite (Argolid) 🌍 the Village of the Ilians (Troad) 🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Mount Olympos)🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos)🏛️ the Spring of Ares (Thebes) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo (Pagasai) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) 🏺 the Aegis 🏺 the Armour of Areithoos🏺 the Breastplate of Heracles 🏺 the Cap of Hades 🏺 the Chains of Hephaistos 🏺 the Cult Statue of Ares Theritas 🏺 the Golden Fleece 🏺 the Greaves of Heracles🏺 the Lyre of Apollo 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Heracles🏺 the Sword of Ares 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte 👤 Acamas (Thracian) 👤 Acheloos (river god) 👤 Aerope (Arcadian) 👤 Aeropos (Arcadian II) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Agon 👤 Agraulos 👤 Aietes 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Aineias 👤 Alcippe (Athenian) 👤 Althaia 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Areion (horse) 👤 Areithoos (Boiotian) 👤 Artemis 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Asclepios 👤 Astynome 👤 Astyoche (d. of Actor) 👤 Atalante 👤 Athena 👤 Boreas 👤 Cadmos 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👤 Calydon (eponym III) 👤 Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) 👤 Cheiron (Centaur) 👤 Chryse (d. of Almos) 👤 Cleio (Muse) 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Critoboule 👤 Cybele 👤 Cycnos (s. of Ares) 👤 Cydoimos 👤 Cyrene (Thracian) 👤 Deianeira (w. of Heracles) 👤 Deimos 👤 Demeter 👤 Demonice 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Diomedes (Thracian) 👤 Dione (Titan) 👤 Dionysos 👤 Diorphos 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Dormothea 👤 Dotis 👤 Dracon (rat. Serpent of Ares) 👤 Dryas (Calydonian?) 👤 Eileithyia 👤 Enyo (war-goddess) 👤 Ephialtes (Boiotian) 👤 Erato (Muse) 👤 Eriboia (w. of Aloeus) 👤 Eris 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Euenos (Aitolian) 👤 Euterpe 👤 Hades 👤 Halirrhothios (s. of Poseidon)👤 Harmonia (Theban) 👤 Hebe 👤 Hector (Trojan) 👤 Helenos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Helice (Thracian) 👤 Helios 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Hera 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hestia 👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I) 👤 Hygieia 👤 Hypnos 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Iolaos 👤 Iris 👤 Isandros 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 👤 Ker 👤 Leto 👤 Lycaon (Thracian) 👤 Lysippe (Scythian) 👤 Maia 👤 Melanippe (Amazon) 👤 Melanippos (Achaian I) 👤 Meleagros 👤 Melpomene 👤 Menoiceus (Theban II) 👤 Meriones 👤 Molos (s. of Ares) 👤 Nereus 👤 Nike (personification) 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 👤 Oinomaos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Oresbios 👤 Orestes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Otos (Boiotian) 👤 Otrera 👤 Ourania (Muse) 👤 Oxylos (Calydonian) 👤 Paieon (healer) 👤 Pangaios 👤 Parthenopaios 👤 Peisidice (Aitolian) 👤 Peleus 👤 Pelopia (m. of Cycnos) 👤 Peneios (river god) 👤 Penthesileia 👤 Periphas (Aitolian) 👤 Persephone 👤 Phlegyas (eponym) 👤 Phobos 👤 Polymnia 👤 Poseidon 👤 Priapos 👤 Protogeneia (Calydonian) 👤 Pylos (s. of Ares) 👤 Pyrene 👤 Remus 👤 Rhea Silvia 👤 Romulus 👤 Scamandros (river god) 👤 Sterope (Atlantid) 👤 Strymon (eponym) 👤 Stymphelos 👤 Tanagra (eponym) 👤 Tanais 👤 Teiresias 👤 Tereus 👤 Terpsichore 👤 Tethys 👤 Teuthras (Greek at Troy) 👤 Thaleia (Muse) 👤 Thebe (d. of Ares)👤 Themis 👤 Theogone 👤 Thero (nurse of Ares) 👤 Thestios 👤 Thetis 👤 Tityos 👤 Tmolos (Lydian II) 👤 Trechos 👤 Triteia (eponym) 👤 Zeus 👤 the Serpent of Ares 👥 the Amazons 👥 the Birds of Ares 👥 the Charites 👥 the Defenders of Troy 👥 the Giants👥 the Gorgons👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Horai 👥 the Lapiths 👥 the Moirai 👥 the Muses 👥 the Satyrs 👥 the Seven against Thebes 👥 the Spartoi of Thebes 👥 the Suitors of Hippodameia 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Megarian Treasury (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Ares (Athens)
- Appears in
- 📜 Aithiopis Argumentum 1 West📜 Aithiopis fr. 1 West📜 Homeric Hymn 11 to Athena 1-5📜 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 182-206📜 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 7-15📜 Homeric Hymn 8 to Ares 1-17📜 Telegony Argumentum 2 West📜 Thebaid fr. 6c Davies📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 109-157📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 39-75📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 526-560📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 78-105📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.5📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.8.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.16📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.9📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.1-3.4.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.9.2📜 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 15📜 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 20📜 Bacchylides, Odes 9📜 Bacchylides fr. 20a📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 275-299📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-74📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 99-152📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 70-90📜 Corinna fr. 666 PMG📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.486c📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.494c📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 23.346📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 3.189📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 5.385📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 9.557📜 Euripides, Alcestis 476-506📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 930-955📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 977-1015📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 22 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 191-196📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 325-337📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 349-367📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 424-456📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 457-466📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 57-423📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 57-76📜 Hesiod, Theogony 921-923📜 Hesiod, Theogony 930-937📜 Homer, Iliad 13.295-13.305📜 Homer, Iliad 15.113-15.120📜 Homer, Iliad 16.608-16.626📜 Homer, Iliad 18.509-18.540📜 Homer, Iliad 2.474-2.479📜 Homer, Iliad 2.511-2.516📜 Homer, Iliad 20.144-20.153📜 Homer, Iliad 20.31-20.40📜 Homer, Iliad 20.51-20.74📜 Homer, Iliad 21.385-21.434📜 Homer, Iliad 4.422-4.445📜 Homer, Iliad 5.27-5.42📜 Homer, Iliad 5.352-5.374📜 Homer, Iliad 5.381-5.415📜 Homer, Iliad 5.460-5.469📜 Homer, Iliad 5.703-5.710📜 Homer, Iliad 5.711-5.777📜 Homer, Iliad 5.835-5.851📜 Homer, Iliad 5.852-5.863📜 Homer, Iliad 5.888-5.898📜 Homer, Iliad 5.899-5.906📜 Homer, Iliad 6.191-6.211📜 Homer, Iliad 7.132-7.160📜 Homer, Iliad 8.344-8.359📜 Homer, Odyssey 8.251-8.367📜 Lucian, Astrology 20📜 Lucian, Astrology 22📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 11.1 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 17.3 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 20.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 21 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 25📜 Lucian, Gout 30-53📜 Lucian, How to Write History 8📜 Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 2📜 Lucian, The Dance 21📜 Lucian, The Dance 39📜 Lucian, The Dance 63📜 Ovid, Amores 1.9📜 Ovid, Amores 3.4📜 Ovid, Amores 3.6📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.1-3.137📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.401-6.674📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 3📜 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 3 West📜 Pausanias 1.21.4📜 Pausanias 1.28.5📜 Pausanias 2.13.3📜 Pausanias 3.19.7-3.19.8📜 Pausanias 3.22.6-3.22.7📜 Pausanias 5.1.6📜 Pausanias 5.18.1-5.18.5📜 Pausanias 5.20.2-5.20.3📜 Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10📜 Pausanias 6.19.12📜 Pausanias 7.22.8-7.22.9📜 Pausanias 8.44.7-8.44.8📜 Pausanias 9.36.1📜 Pausanias 9.37.7📜 Pindar, Nemean 10 55-90📜 Pindar, Olympian 10 13-23📜 Pindar, Olympian 13 1-23📜 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37📜 Pindar, Pythian 2 1-12📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 70-92📜 Pindar fr. 169a Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 70b Snell-Maehler📜 Pomponius Mela 2.98📜 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 13📜 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 6📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 11📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 14📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 19📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 22📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 23📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 3📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 7📜 Strabo 12.8.5📜 Strabo 13.1.35📜 Strabo 5.3.2📜 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📜 Vergil, Georgics 4.281-4.356
- Mentioned in Text
- Aithiopis Homeric Hymn 11 to Athena Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Homeric Hymn 8 to Ares Telegony ThebaidAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryBacchylides, DithyrambsBacchylides, OdesBacchylidesCallimachus, Hymn to DelosCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusCorinnaD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, AlcestisEuripides, Phoenician WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, AstrologyLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Essays in Portraiture DefendedLucian, GoutLucian, How to Write HistoryLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, The DanceOvid, AmoresOvid, MetamorphosesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPanyassis, HeracleiaPausaniasPindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Olympian 10Pindar, Olympian 13Pindar, Pythian 11Pindar, Pythian 2Pindar, Pythian 4PindarPomponius MelaPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPs-Lucian, The PatriotPs-Plutarch, On RiversStraboVergil, Georgics