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gotstabbedbyapen · 3 months

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Does anyone consider why and when Ares resorts to violence?

You can't say Ares is "bad" for killing people in war. It's fucking war, where people have to kill each other as duties. If human keeps creating wars, Ares will still have a job to do.

Ares fought against Otus and Ephialtes, it's to defend Olympus. These two giants are trying to kidnap Artemis and Hera. Should he stand aside and let his sister and mother get in danger?

Ares killed Halirrhothius and was put on trial for it? The dude just assaulted his daughter, Alcippe! Of course, Ares has to defend/avenge her!

Ares also rushes down the Trojan War to avenge his dead son Ascalaphus, and you call him irrational. And I get that Ares' other son, Kyknos, was a dick and got what he deserved (Heracles killed him), but can you blame the war god for getting furious?

(When Apollo killed a Cyclops as retribution for Asclepius's death - who resurrected the dead and defied the natural order, he's seen as a grieving father. I don't hate Apollo, but the double standard makes me mad.)

People do love reading the myths, seeing Ares getting into fights, and concluding that he's a mindlessly violent god without ever thinking of the context.

#ares #greek mythology #greek gods #greek deity #Ares doesn't deserve all the hate he get #his domain is ugly doesn't mean he's also an ugly person #if Hades shouldn't be seen as a bad guy because he rules over the Underworld #why must Ares be hated when his domain is the result of human's greed and blood-thirsty?#i'm pretty sure we just create Ares as a “laughing-stock” god so we can throw all the blame of war on him

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