For the God of Bloodlust He's Kind of a Softy, Stories of Ares
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Herodotas of Olympia
Ares was unable to win aphrodite in marriage, no matter that both of them actually wanted t marry each other. But he stayed with her, even once she was married to somebody else. He's the father of war lords and also the goddess of literal harmony,. gifting her and her husband with eternal peace when their time came. The record of victors includes apollo, who outran hermes and beat ares at boxing. And then 700 or so years later we have pausanius travelling greece and asking locals for their stories. Some say that zeus wrestled here at olympia with cronos himself for the throne, while others say he
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