Ares at a Glance name | Ares () role | god of war symbols | spear Ares in Greek Mythology Ares was the

Greek god of war, and according to mythology, war, battles, and bloodshed were his major preoccupations !n certain respects, there is not too much more to Ares than this connection to war, as he is portrayed as being somewhat one"dimensional #r at least limited in his pleasures $owe%er, there is one other area in which Ares was interested, and that is indeed pleasure " with the goddess Aphrodite, that is $e engaged in an ongoing tryst with Aphrodite which is the stuff of legend (and myth), in defiance of that fact that the lo%ely goddess was already married (to the god $ephaistos) &here is a wonderfully charming tale in the #dyssey of $omer about how this couple's romantic rende(%ous came to an abrupt, and comic, end Ares and Aphrodite Ares and Aphrodite were dallying together when their interlude was rudely interrupted )ou see, the god of the *un, $elios, from whom little, if anything, could be kept secret, spied the pair in enjoying each other one day $elios promptly reported the incident to $ephaistos, who was understandably angry $ephaistos contri%ed to catch the couple +in the act+, and so he fashioned a net to snare the illicit lo%ers At the appropriate time, this net was sprung, and trapped Ares and Aphrodite locked in %ery pri%ate embrace ,ut $ephaistos was not yet satisfied with his re%enge " he in%ited the #lympian gods and goddesses to %iew the unfortunate pair -or the sake of modesty, the goddesses demurred, but the male gods went and witnessed the sight *ome commented on the beauty of Aphrodite, others remarked that they would eagerly trade places with Ares, and they all laughed .ell, e/cept for Ares, who was out of sorts, and Aphrodite, who, if goddesses can blush like maidens, surely did so