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View Name: Ares


ARES
GENDER: Masculine
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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