Ares
Family: gods · Role: god · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.3
🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Mars) · The Odyssey (as Mars) · The Aeneid (as Mars) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Mars) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Ares)
In Apollodorus, Library 1.3, Zeus married Hera and fathered Ares, alongside Hebe and Ilithyia. In Library 1.4, Eos and Aphrodite were each said to have bedded with him; in Library 1.7, Hermes secretly rescued Ares. Ares fathered Oxylus by Protogenia, and Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by another mother. He was also named the father of Meleager, Dryas, Ascalaphus, and Ialmenus.
In later sections, Ares was identified as the father of Diomedes by Cyrene, Cycnus by Pyrene, Harmonia, Parthenopaeus—whose father was given as Melanion or Ares—Alcippe, and Tereus. Cadmus served Ares for an eternal year as atonement for a slaughter, while Phlegyas was called Ares’s son by Dotis. Ares was also linked with Menoeceus, who slew himself before the gates. In Hesiod, Aphrodite bore him Panic and Fear; he gave Oenomaus arms and horses, and Penthesilia was called his daughter by Otrere.
In Apollodorus, Library 3.14, Halirrhothius attempted to violate Alcippe and was killed by Ares.
Relationship record
Life events
- Zeus married Hera and fathered Hebe, Ilithyia, and Ares.(Apollodorus, Library 1.3)
- Ares killed Halirrhothius after he attempted to violate Alcippe.(Apollodorus, Library 3.14)
- With: Halirrhothius
- “In attempting to violate Alcippe, Halirrhothius, son of Poseidon and a nymph Euryte, was detected and killed by Ares.”
Apollodorus, Library 1.3
- parent: Zeus “Now Zeus wedded Hera and begat Hebe, Ilithyia, and Ares, but he had intercourse with many women, both mortals and immortals.”
- parent: Hera “Now Zeus wedded Hera and begat Hebe, Ilithyia, and Ares, but he had intercourse with many women, both mortals and immortals.”
Apollodorus, Library 1.4
- with Eos (interaction) “because she had bedded with Ares”
- with Aphrodite (interaction) “because she had bedded with Ares”
Apollodorus, Library 1.7
- with Hermes (interaction) “However, Hermes rescued Ares by stealth”
- child: Oxylus “Protogenia, who had Oxylus by Ares.”
- child: Evenus “who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares.”
- child: Molus “who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares.”
- child: Pylus “who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares.”
- child: Thestius “who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares.”
Apollodorus, Library 1.8
Apollodorus, Library 1.9
- child: Ascalaphus “Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Ares”
- child: Ialmenus “Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Ares”
Apollodorus, Library 2.5
- child: Diomedes “this Diomedes was a son of Ares and Cyrene”
- child: Cycnus “Cycnus, son of Ares and Pyrene”
Apollodorus, Library 3.4
- servant: Cadmus “But Cadmus, to atone for the slaughter, served Ares for an eternal year;”
- child: Harmonia “Harmonia, daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.”
- with Cadmus (Cadmus served Ares as atonement.) “Cadmus, to atone for the slaughter, served Ares for an eternal year”
Apollodorus, Library 3.5
- child: Phlegyas “Both of them had fled [ from Euboea ] because they had killed Phlegyas, son of Ares and Dotis the Boeotian”
Apollodorus, Library 3.6
- with Menoeceus (Menoeceus sacrificed himself to Ares.) “Menoeceus, son of Creon, slew himself before the gates.”
Apollodorus, Library 3.9
- child: Parthenopaeus “And by Melanion, or Ares, Atalanta had a son Parthenopaeus”
Apollodorus, Library 3.14
- child: Alcippe “Agraulus had a daughter Alcippe by Ares.”
- child: Tereus “Tereus, son of Ares, from Thrace”
- with Halirrhothius (Ares killed Halirrhothius.) “In attempting to violate Alcippe, Halirrhothius, son of Poseidon and a nymph Euryte, was detected and killed by Ares”
Hesiod, Theogony 869-975
- child: Panic “Also Cytherea bare to Ares the shield-piercer Panic and Fear”
- child: Fear “Also Cytherea bare to Ares the shield-piercer Panic and Fear”
- child: Harmonia “Also Cytherea bare to Ares the shield-piercer Panic and Fear, terrible gods who drive in disorder the close ranks of men in numbing war, with the help of Ares, sacker of towns: and Harmonia whom high-spirited Cadmus made his wife”
Apollodorus, Epitome 2
- with Oenomaus (Ares gave Oenomaus arms and horses.) “For he had arms and horses given him by Ares”
Apollodorus, Epitome 5
- child: Penthesilia “Penthesilia, daughter of Otrere and Ares,”
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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.