What is Ares?
{{Infobox deity | type = Greek | name = Ares | image = Ares Canope Villa Adriana b.jpg | alt = | caption = Statue of Ares from [[Hadrian's Villa]] | god_of = God of war | abode = [[Mount Olympus]], [[Thrace]], [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]], [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], [[Sparta]] & [[Mani Peninsula|Mani]] | symbols = [[Sword]], [[spear]], [[shield]], [[helmet]], [[chariot]], [[flaming torch]], [[dog]], [[boar]], [[vulture]] | consort = [[Aphrodite]] and [[Ares#List of Ares's consorts and children|various others]] | parents = [[Zeus]] and [[Hera]] | siblings = [[Aeacus]], [[Angelos (Greek mythology)|Angelos]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Apollo]], [[Artemis]], [[Athena]], [[Dionysus]], [[Eileithyia]], [[Enyo]], [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], [[Ersa]], [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], [[Helen of Troy]], [[Hephaestus]], [[Heracles]], [[Hermes]], [[Minos]], [[Pandia]], [[Persephone]], [[Perseus]], [[Rhadamanthus]], the [[Graces]], the [[Horae]], the [[Litae]], the [[Muse]]s, the [[Moirai]] | children = [[Erotes (mythology)|Erotes]] ([[Eros]] and [[Anteros]]), [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]], [[Deimos (mythology)|Deimos]], [[Phlegyas]], [[Harmonia (mythology)|Harmonia]], [[Enyalios]], [[Thrax (mythology)|Thrax]], [[Oenomaus]], [[Amazons]] and [[Adrestia]] | mount = | Roman_equivalent = [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]] | Hinduism_equivalent = [[Kartikeya]] | Norse_equivalent = [[Týr]] }} '''Ares''' is a [[List of Greek gods and goddesses|god]] in [[Greek mythology]]. He is the god of savage [[war]], and represents the untamed, wild aspects of [[conflict]]. He is one of the [[Twelve Olympians]]. His parents are [[Zeus]] and [[Hera]]. He had a twin sister called [[Eris]]. Neither parent liked him. He is considered murderous and bloody. In the [[Trojan War]], he fought on the side of the [[Troy|Trojans]]. He had six children with [[Aphrodite]]. His homeland is [[Thrace]]. ==Etymology== Ares' name is believed to be derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ἀρήσ (''arē''), the [[Ionic Greek|Ionic]] form of the [[Doric Greek|Doric]] ἀρά