Ares and Pandoras box
3 min readNov 1, 2018
- Ares was born is Thrace ( a geographical and historical area in southeast Europe, now split between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey).
- Ares father, Zeus, was the lord of the sky. Zeus married Hera, the goddess of marriage and family, and she had Ares. According to the ancient poet Homer, both of his parents hated him.
- Ares married Aphrodite, and together they created Eros, Anteros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, and Adrestia.
- Ares is considered the god of war, and he is one of the Twelve Olympian gods.
- In the Trojan War, Ares supports the Trojans, sometimes even leading them in battle along with Hector.
- The most popular myth about Ares was his fight with Hercules. Although Ares originally took control of the fight, Hercules was protected from harm by Athena and even managed to wound Ares.
- Ares main powers were strength and physicality, and he used those in war.
- Because of his powers, Ares was an outstanding fighter, and caused destruction everywhere he went.
- Ares is a supporting character in Disneys “Hercules”, and he also appears in many other movies and TV shoes as the common brute, acting as the main destructor.
- Ares is a main character in the book series “The Underland Chronicles” by Suzanne Collins.
- Ares is also a mainstay in common DC and Marvel comics for his strength and the myths of his battles with other gods.
- Pandora’s box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod’s Works and Days.
- The story of Pandoras box starts with Zeus. Zeus rewarded Prometheus and Epimetheus for their loyalty and gave them the job of creating the first creatures to live on Earth. Promehteus made someone, but wanted him to have protection, so he asked Zeus to let him have fire. Zeus refused, stating fire was only for the gods. Prometheus ignored him and gave him it anyways. Zeus found out and chained him far away on a rock and had a bird eat his liver, just for it to grow back the next day. Eventually Prometheus was released. Zeus decided this punishment was not enough. He decided to punish humans for accepting fire. Zeus created Pandora to marry Epimetheus, and on their wedding day, Zeus got Pandora a box, but warned her not to open it. To nobodies surprised, Pandora opened the box and greed, envy, hatred, pain, disease, hunger, poverty, war, and death flew out of it. The only thing that stayed in the box was hope, and ever since that, humans have been able to hold onto hope to survive the wickedness Pandora let out. The “moral” of the story to many people is that anything that is best should remain untouched, for fear of what might come out of it.