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Ares was used to prominently display the cost of war, especially when raw unbridled aggression are the causes.

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Ares was typically shown with a spear and shield

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Ares was seen as not much more than a solider.

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Ares Grown Up

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Note the vulture in the background- Greeks viewed them as death, decay, and punishment.

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Ares's Mother and Father, King Zeus and Queen Hera

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Hera (Mother)

Queen of the Gods, Goddess of marriage, women, marital harmony, and the protector of women during childbirth.

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Zeus (Father)

King of the Gods, God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, and order.

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Ares was portrayed as somewhat simple, spurred mainly by the thrill of combat rather than strategic or moral considerations. While Athena is depicted as a well-rounded solider.

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Ares was widely worshipped in sparta where they pictured him as the embodiment of what a perfect solider should be.

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Ares as a child

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Ares Loves The Thrill Of Combat

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Ares often was used to depict raw aggression and its consequences.

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Aglaurus, one of the daughter of Cecrops, one of Ares's Lovers

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Aglaurus, one of the daughter of Cecrops, one of Ares's Lovers

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Aglaurus had two offspring by two different gods, Alcippe (with Ares) and Ceryx (with Hermes).

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Halirrhothius (claimed to have assaulted Alcippe) was slain by Ares as revenge

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Ares found not guilty. One of the first trials to set a precedent for future disputes between gods.

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Ares had an affair with Aphrodite which would produce many children.

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God of love, lust, desire and sex

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God of requited love, avenger of unrequited love.

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Personification of fear

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God of terror

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Goddess Of Harmony

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They would be put on public display to shame them, but some gods offered to switch places with Ares.

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Married to Aphrodite, learns of her cheating and created an invisible golden net to catch them in the act.

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Ares would side with the trojans at the outbreak of the war.

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Spartans viewed Ares as the embodiment of the perfect solider.

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Greeks favored Athena and viewed Ares with disdain.

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Athena was seen as being superior, well-rounded, intelligent, and skilled in warfare.

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Ares family tree

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Ares' sacred animal was the serpent. The Ismenian Snake depicted above was said to have guarded his sacred spring near Thebes.

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Eris was know as the caller of war, bringing Ares into the fight guided by Zeus.

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The God of terror would assist Ares on the battlefield as well as drive his war chariot.

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Personification of fear would also assist Ares on the battlefield.

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Overall, Ares’s role in the Trojan War centers on his fierce support of Troy and direct engagement in mortal battles, culminating in a rare defeat at the hands of a human—underscoring the Iliad’s portrayal of gods as powerful yet vulnerable to divine rivalries and mortal valor.

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Greek hero Diomedes, aided by Athena, manages to wound Ares.