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ARES
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Greek Mythology
OTHER SCRIPTS:
Αρης
(Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED:
AR-eez
(English)
, ER-eez
(English)
[key]
Meaning & History
Perhaps from either Greek
αρη
(are)
"bane, ruin" or
αρσην
(arsen)
"male". Ares was the blood-thirsty god of war in Greek
mythology
, a son of
Zeus
and
Hera
.
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