Ares God of War, for instance is an egotistical man who wears studded black leather, and Aphrodite Goddess of Love is a California Valley Girl who uses typical Valley Girl slang and dresses in flowing, translucent pink gowns.

Actor Kevin Tod Smith played popular character Ares, God of War, and Alexandra Tydings played his counterpart Aphrodite, Goddess of Love.

Also in the first season, Xena and Gabrielle meet two of their biggest enemies: Callisto ( Hudson Leick ), a vengeful warrior woman, and Ares ( Kevin Tod Smith ), the Greek God of War.

The most important deities were: Zeus, the supreme god and ruler of the sky ; Hera, his wife and goddess of marriage ; Athena, goddess of wisdom ; Poseidon, god of the sea ; Demeter, goddess of the earth ; Apollo, god of the sun, law, reason, music and poetry ; Artemis, goddess of the moon, the hunt and the wilderness ; Aphrodite, goddess of love ; Ares, God of war ; Hermes, god of commerce and medicine, and Hephaestus, god of fire and metalwork.

It would be found at Colchis, in a grove sacred to Ares, the God of War.

He published the text he says he received from God in The Book, second part of The Revelation of Ares.

Mikaboshi also stole Alexander, the son of Ares, and brainwashed Alexander into becoming his personal God of War.

Ares Lusitani ( Latin for the Lusitanian Ares ) was the God of horses and knights in Lusitanian mythology, in the cultural area of Gallaecia and Lusitania ( in the territory of modern Galicia ( Spain ) and Portugal ).

* God of War – Ares

The Spartans prepare to go to war, and an unnamed Spartan is contacted by Ares, the God of War, who offers aid in the war against Rome and to help the Spartan uncover who he is.

Ares, the God of War and a chief opponent of the Amazons, manipulates his half brother Heracles to gather forces and attack Themyscira.

Two young warriors are given the Wings of Love and Courage by the God of War Ares in order to destroy Dark and ensure mankind's survival.

Notable queens of the Amazons are Penthesilea, who participated in the Trojan War, and her sister Hippolyta, whose magical girdle, given to her by her father Ares, was the object of one of the labours of Hercules.

His value as a war god is even placed in doubt: during the Trojan War, Ares was on the losing side, while Athena, often depicted in Greek art as holding Nike ( Victory ) in her hand, favored the triumphant Greeks.

According to the Iliad, during the Trojan War, Diomedes fought Hector and saw Ares fighting on the Trojans ' side.

The first is an otherwise obscure incident of the Trojan War, the " Quarrel of Odysseus and Achilles "; the second is the amusing tale of a love affair between two Olympian gods, Ares and Aphrodite.

* The Trojan War tapestry referred to by Homer in Book III of the Iliad, where Iris disguises herself as Laodice and finds Helen " working at a great web of purple linen, on which she was embroidering the battles between Trojans and Achaeans, that Ares had made them fight for her sake.

In the Iliad Zeus, Aphrodite, Ares and Apollo support the Trojan side in the Trojan War, while Hera, Athena and Poseidon support the Greeks ( see theomachy ).

SPI started out publishing games on historical subjects, but soon started producing games that were more hypothetical ( e. g. World War III, Invasion: America ), and a little later, also tackled fantasy and science fiction subjects, such as Starforce: Alpha Centauri and War of the Ring ( a Lord of the Rings game ), eventually starting a new magazine, Ares which, like S & T, included a new science fiction or fantasy game in each issue.

* Weird War Tales # 1: " Ares " ( with James Romberger, 1997 )

During the Chaos War storyline, Zeus, Hera, and Ares are among the dead characters that Pluto releases in order to help defend the underworld from Amatsu-Mikaboshi.

War gods were, like the rulers of the pantheon, typically male, too ; Ares / Mars and Toutatis are obvious examples.

The Swordsman also featured in Chaos War # 2 & 4-5 ( 2010 – 2011 ) and Chaos War: Ares # 1 ( 2010 ).

According to Ares in his War Plan for the Siege of Asgard, Heimdall can " see and hear as far as creation ", even capable of seeing the Dark Avengers at Avengers Tower from Broxton.

Alcinous' court bard sings of the discovered adultery of Ares and Aphrodite ( Odyssey 8 266-366 ), and takes up a tale of Odysseus while the Ithacan wanderer listens on ( Odyssey 8 499-520 ).

Aphrodite had many lovers, both gods like Ares, and men like Anchises.

Hephaestus is one of the most even-tempered of the Hellenic deities ; in the narrative embedded in the Odyssey Aphrodite seems to prefer Ares, the volatile god of war, as she was attracted to his violent nature.

Her unhappiness with her marriage caused Aphrodite to seek out companionship from others, most frequently Ares, but also Adonis.

Pausanias, also refers to a statue of Ares by Alcamenes that was erected on the Athenian agora, which some have related to the Ares Borghese.

However, the temple of Ares to which he refers had only been moved from Acharnes and re-sited in the Agora in Augustus's time, and statues known to derive from Alcamenes ' statue show the god in a breastplate, so the identification of Alcamenes ' Ares with the Ares Borghese is not secure.

Her son only venerated Ares and was fully devoted to war, neglecting love and marriage.

* Otrera, consort of Ares and mother of Hippolyta and Penthesilea.

Ares (, Μodern Greek: Άρης ) was the Greek god of war.

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.

An association with Ares endows places and objects with a savage, dangerous, or militarized quality.

Ares plays a relatively limited role in Greek mythology as represented in literary narratives, though his numerous love affairs and abundant offspring are often alluded to.

When Ares does appear in myths, he typically faces humiliation.

The counterpart of Ares among the Roman gods is Mars, who as a father of the Roman people held a more important and dignified place in ancient Roman religion for his agricultural and tutelary functions.

During the Hellenization of Latin literature, the myths of Ares were reinterpreted by Roman writers under the name of Mars.

Greek writers under Roman rule also recorded cult practices and beliefs pertaining to Mars under the name of Ares.

Walter Burkert notes that " Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war.

Thrace was Ares ' birthplace, true home, and refuge after the affair with Aphrodite was exposed to the general mockery of the other gods.

Stay and mourn at the tomb of dead KroisosWhom raging Ares destroyed one day, fighting in the foremost ranks.

In Sparta, Ares was viewed as a masculine soldier in which his resilience, physical strength and military intelligence was unrivaled.