Ares (Ancient Greek Ἄρης, Árēs) is the Greek god of the brutal aspects of war, one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he appears much less frequently than his half-sister and fellow war deity, Athena, does. His Roman equivalent is the god Mars. He is commonly vilified for his love of war yet is actually one of the fairest gods. He actually held regard of consent and that was probably why he was in a very long relationship with Aphrodite.