The son of Zeus and Hera. The unloved son of Zeus. Names of all the sons of Zeus

The ancient Greeks loved to fight and considered the battle a difficult matter, in connection with this they had different gods in charge of it. True, they invented a special god for every kind of war (offensive, defensive, just, unjust). But the fighting, waged with a mind and ending with victory, was dominated by Athena, and the blind, fierce battle with an incomprehensible outcome was led by the son of Zeus - Ares.

Introduction

This god ruled over a bloodthirsty war, full of fury, where people killed each other on the battlefield with particular cruelty. The son of Zeus and Hera adored the process and the action itself, it was not interested in the reasons and the ending of the battle. The joy of Ares was brought by the cries of the soldiers, the sounds of weapons, and he received true pleasure from both the courage of the fighters and from their death. All these characteristics did not evoke positive emotions either among people or other gods. He - the unloved son of Zeus, whom he wanted to throw in Tartarus, but could not because of family ties.

Alas, the facts that tell about Ares are characterized by fragmentation and contradiction. For most historians and other scholars, the son of Zeus was of little interest, since the ancient Greeks were not inclined to honor this god, they were simply afraid of him. But the poets of ancient Greece sang Ares in his poems and ode. In this article, we will try to collect a holistic image of a strong and aggressive god of war.

Who is this Ares?

The son of Zeus represents a furious militancy, original savagery and fierce cruelty. To the attributes of Ares belongs a fiery torch, and such weapons as a spear or animals (a dog or a kite). On the Olympic mountain from time to time there was a council of twelve gods, and the son of Zeus, Ares, was the third in it.

Children of God

Ares had little resemblance to other inhabitants of Olympus, distinguished by wisdom and discretion. The origin of the god was shrouded in mystery and controversy. It was believed that the son of Zeus and Hera was born in Thrace, where the harsh climate prevailed, and the harsh people lived. He spent his childhood in this country. Young Ares was not so handsome and charming as Apollo. The son of Zeus had his own special beauty. Dark hair, fair skin, a burning look, a correct face oval - all this created an image of sternness and equanimity.

Character of Ares

The son of God (Zeus) looked after his appearance, elegantly dressed in elegant outfits. The capricious pet of Hera did not know about the refusal, he was allowed all or almost all. Such incorrect parenting influenced the negative character traits in full.

Boasting, aggressiveness, authoritarianism, rudeness, intemperance, cruelty to human weaknesses and defenselessness, fear of pain - all these qualities were possessed by the unloved son of Zeus. You can draw an analogy of this god with a feisty dog, whose hair is lifted on end, there is a terrible grin, a loud barking and which is ready to immediately bite the victim, but as soon as he feels rebuff, immediately pinches the tail and runs away.

History of the shameful escape of Ares

As victims, the most unloved son of Zeus preferred birds. When he was a child, he lurked the father's eagle or mother's peacock, the Apollonian crow, the catfish of Athena or the dove of Aphrodite, and wanted to shoot the bird with the slingshot. And other sons of Zeus came up with the punishment for Ares. The names of Apollo, Dionysus and Hephaestus made the supreme god proud.

Apollo offered the young Ares a bet that he would not be able to climb to the western slope of Mount Olympus and break even one egg of the gulls nesting there. The warrior god took the bet, because the slope, in his opinion, was not very steep and difficult to climb, and the seagulls seemed nice and completely non-aggressive. Ares quickly scrambled to the top, but the cute and calm gulls were not so defenseless. Hearing the cry of one bird, whose egg was stolen by Ares, the whole pack flew around the young god. The seagulls screamed and threw the kidnapper with a white, sparse litter. Ares choked with a smell of smell, blinded by the waving of thousands of bird wings. He could do nothing, and therefore the escape was at least shameful, but the only option. Apollo also escaped with taunts.

Zeus could not think of anything to do with such a son-hooligan who did not possess any talents and did not want to learn at all. The mother of the boy stood up for her beloved son and asked the ruler of Olympus for the post of minister of military affairs, because her son was an ideal candidate. So Ares (son of Zeus) became the god of war, dissecting space on a brilliant chariot with a couple of magnificent horses that breathed fire.

Maturity warrior god

The fierce Ares rejoices only when cruelty thrives on the battlefield. It is rumored that he is in glittering robes and with a huge shield with great frenzy rushes in the very thick of the battle, where the air is filled with screams, groans, the rumble of weapons.

On the battlefield, the god of war is accompanied by Deimos and Phobos. These are the two sons of Ares. Deimos personifies horror, and Phobos - fear. Also in the retinue of this god you can see Eridu (the goddess of discord) and Enyo (the goddess who sows murders). Here flies among the warriors such brethren, they fall, perish, and the war god rejoices and rejoices. Ecstasy Ares receives, when the soldier killed by the weapon perishes, and from a wound on the ground the blood flows. Fear, horror, disgust - all these emotions God caused the ancient Greeks.

It was terrible for Ares to hate the goddess of the world - Eirene. But the friendship with Eris was also not smooth, because he rejected the part of the goddess who was revered by people as a force compelling to compete in peaceful work. Even the son of Zeus and Leda, Polydeucus, succumbed to the influence of Ares on the battlefield. The gods loved to watch the life of mortals, for battles, and when they were bored, they themselves could organize the reasons for wars. Some of them even descended from Olympus to help their pets. But for Ares, war was the main meaning of life, he did not think about its causes, whether it was fair or not. The type of blood made the god insane, and he began to kill the fighters on both sides, not figuring out who was right and who was to blame.

It happened that Ares, hiding in a crowd of soldiers, made a terrible scream, as if it was shouted by several thousand people. This scream made an indelible impression on the fighters, and they started to kill everyone with great fury all in a row, regardless of gender and age. The warriors did not even consider the value of the lives of people from the enemy side who could become slaves. Even animals did not receive mercy. The warriors simply turned into murderers.

Should we be surprised that the ancient Greeks believed that the god Ares was to blame for all his troubles and misfortunes? Then they had a decision. They wanted to get rid of the bloodthirsty God, so that in the mortal world happiness and peace finally come. But ordinary people could not cope with the deity. Help the giants Efialtes and Otos agreed. They captured Ares and put him in a copper prison. For thirteen months there was a bloodthirsty god imprisoned in terrible chains and probably could die there, but the stepmother of the giants, Eribey, gave the news to Hermes, who freed the half-dead Ares. All this time on earth there was peace and quiet. Thirteen months were the happiest and most fruitful for mortals.

No less than the devastated people, Ares hated the daughter of Zeus, Athena Pallas. The goddess helped the Greek heroes, for example, Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danae, received her attention. She personified the war fair and fair, she was a master craftsman and skillfully owned a military matter, because she defeated Ares twice.
Ancient Greek hero Hercules - the son of Zeus - also fought with the god of war, and he fled in fear to the celestials.

War and Love - Ares and Aphrodite

The beautiful Aphrodite was the wife of the lame blacksmith Hephaestus. But she gave birth to four children (Phobos, Deimos, Harmony, Eros) from Ares, a passionate, pugnacious and frantic god. Gremucha mixture, which is unlikely to bring anything good - crazy love and insane war.

Hidden and hardworking Hephaestus did not even suspect of the betrayal of Aphrodite. But once the couple in love stayed in bed and met together the appearance of the sun (Helios), who told about the treason to the blacksmith. Offended and wicked Hephaestus forged in his smithy strange thing - the finest and at the same time very strong cobwebs, which he attached to the family box. When the happy Aphrodite returned home, her husband informed her of his journey to the island of Lemnos. The wife did not want to go with him, and as Hephaestus left the threshold, she called Ares to her, who appeared very quickly in the palaces of Aphrodite.

Lovers enjoyed each other all night, and the next morning they saw that the bed and they themselves are under the delicate cobweb. Hephaestus, who had arranged all this, caught them naked and helpless. He called all the gods to show the betrayal of Aphrodite and Ares. The goddesses stayed at home, and the gods decided to look at this action. God-Blacksmith put an ultimatum to Zeus (her father), so he returned all the wedding gifts, and only then he will let his wife go. Many gods - both Apollo and Hermes - would like to be in place of Ares even in such a web, but next to Aphrodite. Such a conversation was conducted by the sons of Zeus, whose names were mentioned. But the supreme god was angry with such talk, he refused to return the wedding gifts of Hephaestus and said that it is not good to interfere in the family conflict. Another god who was present at this demonstration, Poseidon, when he saw the naked body of Aphrodite, fell in love with the charming goddess this minute and became very fond of Ares. The sea god pretended to sympathize with Hephaestus and offered help. He claimed that he would do everything to ensure that Ares paid for his freedom the price not less than the wedding gifts of Hephaestus. If the god of war does not do this, Poseidon himself will give the required amount and marry the beautiful goddess.

After the release of the captives, Ares did not even think to return the debt, because if the supreme god does not pay, why should he do it. He paid no redemption to Hephaestus, but he was not very upset, because he loved his wife and did not want to let her go, the more divorce.

After this adventure, Ares returned to his homeland, and Aphrodite settled in Cyprus, where she again became virgin after swimming in the sea. The situation described had no effect on the goddess, for she continued to feel a strong passion for the warrior god and always defended him, which is why Athena constantly joked and mocked Aphrodite. Ares also felt mad jealousy and love.

Ares's jealousy

In the myths of the ancient Greeks described a story, when the windy Aphrodite fell in love with the wonderful young Adonis. He also liked Persephone, the wife of the underground patron - Aida. The dispute between the two goddesses was to be decided by Zeus, but he refused to make such an indecent trial and delegated the matter to the muses. They decided that Adonis would live with Aphrodite for two seasons of the year, one for Persephone, and one for himself. But the stupid goddess of love by all truths and fouls persuaded Adonis to spend the season intended for the young man, with her. Thus, the young lover spent more time with Aphrodite. It turns out, the court did not adhere to the court's decision. Persephone, upon learning of this, was indignant and went to a conversation with Ares. She told about the love affair of Aphrodite to the god of war. Blinded by jealousy, Ares turned into a wild boar and killed Adonis while hunting right in front of the goddess of love. That was the whole Ares! The son of Zeus and Callisto also felt the wrath of the god of war.

Children of the warlike god

Ares became the father of four offspring, whose mother was Aphrodite. Deimos and Phobos were constantly with their father on the battlefield, in the thick of the battle. Daughter Harmony was something like a mother and brought people happiness even more than the goddess of love. The son of Eros had a father's nature and was engaged in my mother's specialization in fomenting love. This boy with shining wings, golden bow and arrows was distinguished by playfulness, cunning and sometimes even cruelty. It was as light as a summer breeze. No one could escape from his arrows of love. Eros is very clever and does not concede in the art of shooting to God himself Apollo. The arrows of a cute boy bring people not only love and joy, but often suffering, perhaps even death. After the birth, Zeus wanted to kill the baby, knowing about the troubles and sorrows that Eros will bring to the gods and people.

Aphrodite's mother did not hurt her son and hid him in a dense forest, where he was raised by lionesses. And Eros remained unharmed. He is flying now in the world and brings peace and love, and grief, and good, and evil, conquering with his arrows and very young, and even the elderly. The son of Aphrodite and Ares activates a force that attracts people, gods or gods to each other. This is not so important.

To the offspring of Ares, historians include the goddess of bloody revenge Erinia and the terrible dragon. With him in a duel came together Cadmus, whose sister was kidnapped. He and several other young men gathered in search of him. On the way, they lost each other, and Cadm got to Delphi, where the oracle advised him to follow the cow and, where it would stop, build a city. Having only a few servants, he could not realize this prediction. But then it got worse, because a dragon came out of the cave and ate all the servants.

Seeing all this, the young man began an unbearable battle with the dragon and thanks to incredible efforts he won over him. Lying on the grass, without any strength, Cadm heard the imperious voice of a woman. He helped the young man to stand up and snatch the teeth of the dragon, then Cadm sowed the field. From the teeth grew warriors who fought each other, some of them died, and with those that remained, the young man laid the city. It was named after the hero - Cadmeia.

After Cadmus killed the dragon, he had to become a servant of the bloodthirsty god Ares for many years. Upon completion of the service, the young man married the daughter of Ares and the goddess of love Aphrodite - Harmony.

Conclusion

In the article presented, an attempt was made to collect the whole image of the warlike god Ares. Born in the harsh Thrace, he was fierce and cruel. This is the beloved son of Hera's mother, but hated for her own father. Ares scared the mortal people and disgusted the immortal gods. The meaning of this god's life was the war, the very process of it, the battles and battles, the cries of warriors, the clank of weapons, the cries of the victims. But before the greater force Ares conceded and went away, although, of course, he did not like this at all.

Another element, in which Ares plunged completely, was the love of the incredibly beautiful and feminine goddess Aphrodite. Jealousy for her withered God, and he, captivated by this frantic feeling, swept away everything in his path. Fury, deceit, cruelty are qualities of the bloodthirsty Ares, who will stop at nothing. Blood and death most of all attract the god of war.

It is simply impossible to list all the sons of Zeus, even historians can not do it. Let's name the names of the most famous of them. These are Ammon, Hercules, Dardanus, Dodon, Kary, Lokr, Melitej, Perseus, Tantalus, Epaph, and others.