Ares Mars - Greek Roman God of Courage and War - The Spirit of Battle - One of the Twelve Olympians - Copper Plated Alabaster

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Details:
Condition: New
Material: Copper Plated Alabaster
Height: 17,5 cm - 6,9 inches
Width: 5 cm - 2 inches
Length: 4,5 cm - 1,8 inches
Weight: 200 g

Ares is the Greek god of courage and war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war and is the personification of sheer brutality and bloodlust, in contrast to his sister, the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship.
The Greeks were ambivalent toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force, "overwhelming, insatiable in battle, destructive, and man-slaughtering." His sons Phobos (Fear) and Deimos (Terror) and his lover, or sister, Enyo (Discord) accompanied him on his war chariot.In the Iliad, his father Zeus tells him that he is the god most hateful to him. An association with Ares endows places and objects with a savage, dangerous, or militarized quality.