Ares
c. 800 BCE – 400 CEattested
Thrace and the Greek world
- Greek
God of war whom the Greeks themselves mostly disliked. Homer has him wounded, mocked and chased off the battlefield. The Romans gave his counterpart Mars a far better reputation.
Known for
- war as butchery
- disliked by the other gods
- lover of Aphrodite
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.