Mythography | Lovers of the Greek God Ares in Myth and Art

The Lovers of Ares in Myth

The fierce god Ares was often inflamed with lust in Greek mythology - lust for battle, that is. Indeed, it is fair to say that Ares was obsessed with war, almost to the exclusion of anything else. The god did, however, have an eye for the female form, and his appetite for Aphrodite, the alluring goddess of love and beauty, at times almost rivaled his desire to do battle. In consequence his conquests off the battlefield are nearly as legendary as his victories and defeats in combat. So let us learn more about the passionate loves of Ares.

Aphrodite | the beautiful Greek goddess of love certainly snared the god of war with her irresistible charms - the pair together conceived several children, including Deimos, Phobos, and Harmonia

Cyrene | as a result of her affair with Ares, the nymph Cyrene gave birth to a son named Diomedes

Eos | the Greek goddess of the dawn engaged in an ill-advised tryst with Ares, which ended badly for Eos when Aphrodite discovered the relationship

Pyrene | some sources for mythology state that Ares and Pyrene were the parents of Cycnus

Sterope | Sterope was one of the Pleiades (daughters of Altas and Pleione), and according to some versions of the tale, she was a lover of Ares and the mother by him of Oenomaus

Ares in Art

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