Ares -Mars
Hadrian Villası'ndaki Ares Heykeli
Statue of Ares from Hadrian's Villa
Savaş tanrısı Ares (Antik Yunan) ya da Mars (Antik Roma)
Zeus (Jupiter) ve Hera’nın (Juno’nun ) oğludur. Fakat ikisinin de Mars’dan nefret ettiği söylenir.
“Iliad” ile Savaş Sanatını öven Homer bile Mars için “Katil Ares”, “Vahşi Ares” tanımlamalarını kullanmış, söyleyecek iyi şeyler bulamamıştır.
Mars’ın kız kardeşi Athene O’nu “öfke dolu, şeytani ve iki yüzlü yalancı” diye tanımlamıştır.
Olimpos Dağı'ndaki bütün Tanrılar, savaştan, kavgadan ve dövüşmekten zevk alan Mars’tan nefret ederler, bir yandan da korkarlardı . Mars bulunduğu yere korku ve panik yayıyordu...devamı için http://www.astrolojidergisi.com/mitoloji10.htm
© Güneş İlhan, 14.05.2013, İstanbul
Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera and was the god of war in Greek mythology. His Roman equivalent was Mars.
The Greeks were ambivalent toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force, "overwhelming, insatiable in battle, destructive, and man-slaughtering." The Roman war god, Mars, was far more popular. He as bring considered as the father of Rome's founder, Romulus and a father of the Roman people was given a more important and dignified place in ancient Rome as a guardian deity. Originally, Mars was a vegetation/fertility god.
Ares and Aphrodite had Deimos, Phobos, and Harmonia (Terror, Fear, and Harmony) as offspring.
Some of the more famous myths featuring the god include:
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His adulterous affair with Aphrodite in which the pair were trapped in a net laid by her husband Hephaistos;
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The slaying of Adonis, his rival for the love of Aphrodite, in the guise of a boar;
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The transformation of Kadmos of Thebes and his wife Harmonia into serpents;
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The murder of Hallirhothios to avenge his daughter's rape and his subsequent trial in the court of the Areiopagos;
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The arrest of Sisyphos, an impious man who kidnapped the god Death;
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The battle of Herakles and Kyknos in which the god intervened in support of his son;
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His support of the Amazones, warrior daughters of the god;
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His capture by the Aloadai giants who imprisoned him in a bronze jar;
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The Trojan War in which he was wounded by Diomedes in battle with the help of Athene.
Cited from:
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Ares.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/religionmyth/ig/Greek-Mythology/Ares.-_Qt.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares
Güneş İlhan,14.05.2013, İstanbul