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Your Guide To The Greek Gods
Get an education for this year's classical renaissance
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Your Guide To The Greek Gods
Ares

The Romans called him: Mars

Not to be confused with: The planet, the zodiac sign, the chocolate bar

Rank: God of War, bloodlust and slaughter; belligerent bastard

Played by: Ray Winstone (Percy); Tamer Hassan (Clash)


Sharing war duties with Athena (she handled the strategic side of war; he handled the going berserk bit), Mars was something of a nutter. In the Trojan War, for example, he had no fixed allegiance, instead turning up wherever there was scope for maximum carnage. He was also prone to dallying with goddess of love Aphrodite, despite the fact that she was married to Hephaestus (aka Vulcan), forger of the Gods. When Apollo snitched on the pair, Hephaestus caught them in flagrante in a net and held them up to the ridicule of the other gods. Expect him to be bullish, violent, untrustworthy and none-too-bright in both films.

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1 Apollos
Posted on Monday February 8, 2010, 15:02 by kurum
Not to be confused with Apollo Creed neither. Read More

2 Medusa
Posted on Monday February 1, 2010, 12:50 by Andrew Thorne
She wasnt a god she was just a normal human punished by the gods Read More

3 Nina Young
Posted on Sunday January 31, 2010, 12:28 by Rositamay
Empire, the picture you have used of 'Nina Young' is infact a younger actress called Nina Dobrev.... Read More

4 Greek Gods
Posted on Friday January 29, 2010, 18:29 by hayhaven
Sean Bean as Zeus? Perfect. Looking forward to Percy Jackson... Read More


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