Posted on April 9, 2017 inUncategorized

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the gods & their retinue: Ares & Eris

Ares was the Olympian god of war, battlelust and courage, son of Zeus and Hera.  He is the personification of bold force and strength, and not so much the god of war as of its tumult, confusion, and horrors

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and while  his sister Eris calls forth war, Ares loves war for its own sake, and delights in the din and roar of battles and in the slaughter of men.

Eris was the goddess or personified spirit of strife, discord, contention and rivalry. She was often portrayed haunting the battlefield and delighting in human bloodshed, and even after all the other gods have withdrawn from the battle, she would remain rejoicing over the havoc that has been made.