For the God of Bloodlust He's Kind of a Softy, Stories of Ares
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Ares and Aphrodite's Affair
Zeus and hera become the parents of three children. Hebe a goddess of youth who will go on to marry heracles when he becomes a god after death. Ilythia, a goddess of childbirth who tags along at every birth on earth. And ares, the god of war and blood lust,. among a handful of other war related concepts. That ares is born alongside these two goddesses is interesting in itself. There isn't anything to differentiate him from these harmless, even life giving concepts. While popular culture might have you believe otherwise, there really isn't anything in ares's character that makes him inherently evil or bad or even problematic Generally. But that doesn't mean he
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