22 Feb '10 09:25>
He is such a fascinating character! A handsome, mighty, arrogant jerk who revels in war but when faced with an equal generally loses.
True, Ares was brave and strong—but he was also argumentative, impulsive, bloodthirsty, and destructive. In conflicts, the god of war chose sides capriciously and sometimes switched sides in the middle of a war. Ares simply took pleasure in the bloodshed, slaughter, and wanton destruction of war.
Ironically, the god of war was not so skillful as a warrior:
Level-headed, disciplined Athena bested him twice.
Otus and Ephialtes, the giant sons of Poseidon, also defeated him. Indeed, they humiliated him, trapping him inside a bronze jar for over a year before Hermes managed to release him.
Heracles (see The Labors of Heracles) knocked the god of war off his feet four times in a single battle and ultimately forced him to flee from the battlefield.
Diomedes stabbed him with a spear and sent him running from the battlefield outside Troy.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/cig/mythology/threes-crowd-olympian-love-triangle.html
True, Ares was brave and strong—but he was also argumentative, impulsive, bloodthirsty, and destructive. In conflicts, the god of war chose sides capriciously and sometimes switched sides in the middle of a war. Ares simply took pleasure in the bloodshed, slaughter, and wanton destruction of war.
Ironically, the god of war was not so skillful as a warrior:
Level-headed, disciplined Athena bested him twice.
Otus and Ephialtes, the giant sons of Poseidon, also defeated him. Indeed, they humiliated him, trapping him inside a bronze jar for over a year before Hermes managed to release him.
Heracles (see The Labors of Heracles) knocked the god of war off his feet four times in a single battle and ultimately forced him to flee from the battlefield.
Diomedes stabbed him with a spear and sent him running from the battlefield outside Troy.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/cig/mythology/threes-crowd-olympian-love-triangle.html