Ares' sister Athena was worshipped as the god of wisdom and strategy in battle, while he became the embodiment of rage, violence and mindless ferocity. Only the militaristic Spartans and ...

These man-eating metallic birds were the pets of the god Ares. The Greeks favourite hero was Heracles (the Romans called him Hercules). Heracles was Zeus’s son. He was so strong he could kill a ...