Ares

God of war in ancient Greek religion AresGod of war and courageMember of the Twelve OlympiansAres Borghese, a 1st or 2nd-century Roman statue copied from a 5th-century BC Greek original. Louvre.AbodeMount Olympus, temples in mainland Greece, Crete and Asia minorPlanetMarsSymbolsSword, spear, shield, helmetDayTuesday (hēméra Áreōs)GenealogyParentsZeus and HeraSiblingsHephaestus, Eileithyia, Hebe and several paternal half-siblingsSpouseAphroditeChildrenthe Erotes (Eros and Anteros), Phobos, Deimos, Phlegyas, Harmonia, Enyalius, Thrax, Oenomaus, Cycnus, and the AmazonsEquivalentsRomanMars Part of a series onAncient Greek religion Origins Minoan religion Mycenaean deities Mycenaean religion Sacred placesSacred islands Delos Ithaca Naxos Kythira Samothrace Crete Lemnos Sacred mountains Mount Lykaion Mount Ida (Turkey) Mount Ida (Crete) Mount Olympus Mount Kyllini Mount Othrys Sanctuaries Aornum Delphi Didyma Dion Dodona Eleusis Olympia Other Cave of Zeus Troy Deities Twelve Olympians Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Other deities Alpheus Amphitrite Asclepius Boreas Circe Cybele Deimos Eileithyia Enyo Eos Erinyes Eris E