Son of Zeus and Hera，Ares was appointed god of war．Hewas terrible and majestic ，and his march shook the world．Of all the major gods at Olympus，he was the most hateful，loving struggle and war and ever thirsty for blood ．On the other hand he signified courage and victory in battle，and was devoutly worshipped by soldiers going to war．Prayers were addressed to him before the war and spoils presented at his altar after it．

He was the one god who ever had to submit to the power ofhis inferiors ．At one time lack of tact and good udge ment led to his shame．He was fighting with two giants，and finding himself no match for the two monstrous creatures，laid down hisarms and was imprisoned in chains． He was set free in the end by the artful Hermes，but not before he had suffered all the humiliations .

He was as thoughtless as he was unkind ．A son of Poseidon's，attempting to kidnap his daughter，made the war-god unhappy，so that he killed the youth Without he sitation.In retaliation ，Poseidon dragged him before a group of Athenian judges for trial．The court was held on a hill outside Athens．Ares presented his case and was declared innocent . The hill was ever after called Areopagus，“the hill of Ares”，and the judges receivedthe names of Areopagitae．

阿瑞斯，宙斯和赫拉之子，被委任為戰神。他威嚴而可怕。他一走動，整個世界都會搖晃。在奧林波斯山上的所有主神中，他是最可恨的、最喜歡爭斗和戰爭的神，并且永遠對血腥有一種渴望。另一方面，他代表勇氣和勝利，被即將上戰場的戰士們瘋狂地崇拜。這些崇拜者戰前都要向他祈禱，戰后將戰利品供奉在他的祭壇前。

他是惟一一位曾經不得不屈于部下威力的神。有一次，由于缺乏機智與正確判斷使他蒙受羞辱。他和兩個巨人決斗，發現自己不能抵擋。他自動放下武器，被銬上鐵鏈關了起來，最后他被老練的赫爾墨斯救出來，但在此之前，他已飽嘗了受侮辱的滋味。

他做事不加思考，就像他的殘暴一樣典型。波塞冬的一個兒子企圖誘拐他的女兒，弄得戰神非常不悅。于是，他毫不留情地把他干掉了。為了替兒子報仇，波塞冬拉著阿瑞斯到雅典法官面前要求審判戰神。審判是在城外的一座小山上開庭的，阿瑞斯敘述了案情，最后被判無罪。從那以后，這座山就稱作雅典的最高法院，即“阿瑞斯之山”；而出審的法官們被稱作雅典最高法院的法官。