Ares is the God of War, son of Zeus and Hera, 
and one of the most prominent and powerful Gods of Olympus. 
He was born after the Great War and has served his father faithfully. 
He was also a rival of Athena, who is his younger sister.
 They were rivals because they were both gods of war and wished that the other stood down and let the other win.
 His Roman counterpart was Mars. Although Ares was held in much higher esteem, 
second only to Cronos; Ionic form of the Doric