This Ares-Mars-mythology-gods page and the entire website are excerpted from You and the Universe, a handmade, individualized fine art book on astrology, mythology and astronomy through which the recipient's complete astrological reading is woven.
Ares. The Greek god of War and Pestilence: Son of Zeus and Hera, consort of Aphrodite. The Romans associated him with Mars, the enemy of tyrants and defender of the just.
Aries. The first sign of the zodiac. v. Signs.
Ares did not marry but had three children by Aphrodite - the Goddess of Love. Two of the children, the twins Phobos (panic) and Deimos (fear) accompanied him into battle.
The Greek god Ares was rarely worshipped and had no major "cults" associated with him for his qualities were repulsive to most, though he was worshipped (it is said) by the war-loving Thracians.
Eris is a sister of Ares, the god of war, and as a nurse to dying soldiers she has been known to fill their hearts with hate and the desire for revenge. Aeschylus says, "discord is the last of the gods to close an argument.
This planet is associated with Ares, the God of War. In the beginning Ares was the God of agriculture, giving the crops the life from the sun and the arrow to the farmer for strength to persevere and defend his crops from all predators.
Mars - named after Mars or Ares (god of War)
4. Jupiter - named after Jupiter (Jove), or Zeus (King of gods)
5. Saturn - named after Saturn or Kronos (god of Time)
6. Uranus - named after Uranus or Ouranos (god of Sky)
7.
"When, then, they are afflicted by Kronos [Saturn] and Ares [Mars], they are the causes of childlessness or the destruction of children, but when they are assisted by Zeus [Jupiter], they are the causes of fruitfulness." ...
(She had not chosen him, but the marriage had been arranged by Zeus as a reward to him.) She had an affair with Ares/Mars and was caught in the act by her husband, whose plea to the Olympian gods for justice was laughed off.
During the journey Helle fell into the sea (which was afterwards called Hellespont) but Phrixus escaped and later sacrificed the ram in tribute to Jupiter. He hung its fleece in the grove of Ares where it turned to gold, later to be pursued by Jason.
 See also: Mars, Astrology, Planet, Zeus, Sun
|
