Olympian god of war and strife. Son of Zeus and Hera, both of whom held him in low regard. Actions typified by violence and hot-headedness which were often at odds with the Athenian ideals. Committed adultery with Aphrodite

AR-eez] (Mars) Son of Zeus and Hera, he is the personification of male aggression and the fighting spirit, an unpopular god in Greece but highly respected in Rome, where he was identified with Mars, an Italian god of agriculture and war.

In Greek mythology, Ares (in Greek: - Aris ("Battle Strife"))The reading often remains ambiguous, as in a late sixth-century funerary inscription from Attica: "Stay and mourn at the tomb of dead Kroisos/ Whom raging Ares destroyed one day, fighting in the foremost ranks" (Athens, NM 3851) quoted in Andrew Stewart, One Hundred Greek Sculptors: Their Careers and Extant Works, Introduction: I. "The Sources" is the son of Zeus (king of the gods) and Hera. Though often incorrectly referred to as the Olympian god of war, he is more accurately the god of savage war, or bloodlust.

Ares, God of War is a character on the television shows and , played by Kevin Smith.

Ares is a fictional deity in the Marvel Comics Universe based on the Greek God of the same name. It is also the name of a 5 issue mini-series, written by Michael Avon Oeming and drawn by Travel Foreman, that focuses on this character.

Ares is a DC Comics character based on the Greek god of the same name. He is most often depicted as an antagonist of Wonder Woman, though recently has appeared to be assisting Wonder Girl. His first appearance was in Wonder Woman (v2) #1.