Ares

Also known as: Aphneus / Enyalius · Family: Greek · Role: god · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 8

In Book 1, Chapter 8, Alcamenes is said to have designed a representation of Ares. In Chapter 21, Ares drowned Halirrhothius, son of Poseidon, for seducing his daughter; the death became the first case of trial for murder, and in Chapter 28 Ares was tried at the Areopagus for the killing. In Book 2, Chapter 13, one account names Hera as the mother of Ares and Hebe. In Book 3, Chapter 19, Thero is said to have nursed him.

In Book 5, Chapter 7, Apollo defeated Ares in boxing at the contests at Olympia. Chapter 18 depicts Ares leading Aphrodite away in full armour, and Chapter 22 relates that Harpina had an amour with him and bore Œnomaus, who became king of the district of Pisa. In Book 7, Chapter 22, another account says Ares had an intrigue with Tritea, daughter of Triton, and that their son Melanippus built a town named for his mother. In Book 8, Chapter 44, Ares had an intrigue with Aerope, who died in childbirth; their son Aeropus survived, and Ares was called Aphneus in connection with the boy’s miraculous nourishment. In Book 9, Chapter 36, Chryse’s son by Ares is named Phlegyas, and Panic is also identified as his son; Chapter 37 names Ascalaphus and Ialmenus as reputed sons of Ares by Astyoche.