#mars god

[theogonyofbeauty]

Ares and Alectryon.

Alectryon was a young soldier who was assigned by Ares, the god of war, to guard the outside of his bedroom door while the god took part in a love affair with the love goddess Aphrodite. Alectryon however failed at his job when he fell asleep, allowing Helios, the god of the Sun, to see the two lovers and alert Hephaestus, the husband of Aphrodite, who then caught the two lovers in the act. Enraged with Alectryon's incompetence, Ares changed him into a rooster in anger. In his effort to reconcile, Alectryon never skipped on alarming people of Helios's arrival thereafter.

[all--hail--venus]

Ares - the Greek god of war. Woodcut engraving from the the book "Der Olymp oder die Mythologie der Griechen und Römer (The Olympus or the Mythology of the Greeks and Romans)", published by A.H. Petiscus in C.F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig (1878, 18th edition)

[highestelf420]

Humanity grasps for Him next,

Far-reaching, bronzed Lord Mars.

Men roused; and women sexed,

Do you see His scars?

[sarafangirlart]

Mars… the Father of Rome………….. anti imperialist and anti Patriarchy….

[opalescentfeather]

Any other Ares devotees that are SA survivors, that feel immensely better instantly and protected, knowing that he killed the rapist of one of his daughters when he found out? I do NOT feel sorry of bad for those who are getting their shit rocked for being sexual predators

He's helped me a lot irt that ANGRY WRATH. And seeing that I deserve to be protected. Especially because SA makes you feel so fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. It's a normal human response. It'll narrow your vision and make you feel so alone, like you have to fight everything yourself, or that others will shun you for your symptoms of PTSD

If you needed to hear it, Ares is ALWAYS at your side to help when you have flashbacks, a hard time sleeping, feeling vulnerable because of PTSD, victim blaming and unfair judgement of others, or are in danger of somebody crossing ur boundaries in that way again, or any danger in general

5He's here. He's with you. Closer than the PTSD will have you think :) and he's proud of all the progress you've made

[florian-luster]

ares "i guess i'll meme"

everytime they romp someone gonna get in trouble

[mythologypaintings]

Mars

Artist: Baron Antoine Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835)

Date: 1825

Medium: Oil on wood

Collection: Private collection

Description

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and was pre-eminent among the Roman army's military gods. Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him, and in October, the months which traditionally began and ended the season for both military campaigning and farming.

[wanderingmind867]

"The way the Romans saw it, they adopted the Greek stuff and perfected it." Percy made a sour face. "Perfected it? Like there was something wrong with it?" "I don't know," he admitted. "Rome was more successful than Greece. They made this huge empire. The gods became a bigger deal in roman times - more powerful and widely known. That's why they're still around today. So many civilizations base themselves on Rome. The gods changed to reflect Roman because that's where the centre of power was. Jupiter was…well, more responsible as a Roman god than he had been when he was Zeus. Mars became a lot more important and disciplined."

I don't fully disagree with them. Honestly, Mars does seem better than Ares. Ares is like a savage barbarian, while Mars is like an honourable but bitter general. We don't see many other roman gods to compare to their greek counterparts (rick riordan really should have shown us more of the roman gods), but Mars alone is infinitely better under the Romans.