Ares

Ares

 Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Though he is well known for being the god of war, he is also the god of bloodthirst. Ares was not a strategic god, like Athena, but he was a god with a very short temper. He would sometimes explode unexpectedly. Athena was his foe. in the Trojan War, Athena through a boulder on him in battle, and injured him. A famous tale about Ares was his affair with Aphrodite. Even though Ares was a stone cold war veteran, he was also a ladies man. he devoted all of his love to Aphrodite and Aphrodite only. The only problem was Aphrodite's husband, Hephaestus.He liked to humiliate them. They were caught together and all the gods saw, but Ares still couldn't help but the someone as beautiful as her. He even killed another one of her lovers named Adonis by transforming into a wild boar.  Another one of Ares' tales was when he founded the city of Theb es. He was the father of the water dragon. when it died, fully grown Spartans came out of the growned. Cadmus, the man who killed the dragon, married Ares' daughter Harmonia, and founded the city. Ares had two major symbols, the vulture, and the dog.they would accompany him in battle frequently. Ares is relevant to the lightening theif because he met percy in the restaurant and told him to get his shield from the water park because he didnt want to be tricked by Hephaestus.

CONNECTION TO THE LIGHTNING THIEF Grover,Percy, and Annabelle go to a diner to get some food when they see a man pull up out side in a Harley with shotguns hanging off the seat. He was big, tall and and very scary. he sits next to them and has some food. Percy realizes that he is Ares and and Ares tells them to go on a quest to find his Shield at a water park.

SOURCES

Buzzle- Intelligent Life on the Web. Sep.16 2010 [] Riordan, Rick. //The Lightning Thief//. New York: Hyperion Books, 2006.

Rouse, WHD. //Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece//. New York: New American Library, 2001**.** Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Sep. 16 2010 []

Buzzle- Intelligent Life on the Web. Sep.16 2010 []