*<*>῎αρης ,
gen. Ἄρεος and Ἄρηος, dat. Ἄρει and
Ἄρηι, acc. Ἄρην and Ἄρηα, voc.
Ἄρες (Ἆρες, Il. 5.31, 455):
Ares (Mars), son of Zeus and Hera, the god of war and
the tumult of battle, Il. 5.890 ff;
insatiate in bloodshed, headlong and planless in warfare, thus forming
a contrast to Athena, with whom he is at variance, Il. 5.853 ff., Il. 21.400 ff.; a brother of Ἔρις, father of Δεῖμος and
Φόβος; his favorite abode is among
rude, warring peoples, Il. 13.301
ff., Od. 8.361; his mien and stature
imposing and magnificent, Il. 5.860,
cf. 385, Od. 8.267 ff.; fights now for
the Trojans and now for the Greeks (ἀλλοπρόσαλλος); other epithets, ἆτος πολέμοιο, βροτολοιγός, δεινός, ἀνδρεϊφόντης,
Ἐνυ_άλιος, θοός, θοῦρος, μιαίφονος, ὄβριμος, ταλαυρι_νὸς
πολεμιστής, χάλκεος, etc. The name of Ares is used by
personification (though not written with a capital letter in some
edd.) for his element, battle, combat;
ξυνάγειν Ἄρηα, κρι?νεσθαι Ἄρηι, ἐγείρειν
ὀξὺν Ἄρηα, Il. 2.381,
385, 440.