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Athena and Ares

The History Behind the Two Gods

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In all of Greek Mythology, no two figures hold a worse grudge against one another than the deities Athena and Ares. Their heated rivalry was so powerful, in fact, that it seeped into the real world through the religious and military rivalry between the Greek cities of Sparta and Athens. Each of these bastions were shaped entirely on their chosen God: Spartan values were built upon the military worship of Ares, God of war, and Athenian society revolved around the civil code of Athena, Goddess of wisdom. The citizens of Athens and Sparta despised each other with a deep passion. Relations became so terrible that in 431 B.C.E., war broke out ...

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goddess of protection and strategy. Between the violent temper of Ares and the intelligent cunning of Athena, worshipers of these Gods would think low of their rival. While followers of the cult of Ares viewed Athenians as weak, cowardly children, Athenians would think of Ares' followers as ignorant, hotheaded lowlifes.

Not soon after Athena's awkward birth, (emerging from the skull of Zeus), Ares found his new sister a nuisance, a challenge to his place on Olympus as the God of war, and murder. The intelligent strategy which Athena gave to Greeks threatened Ares' success in warfare, and his uncivilized manners would result in proper Greek society disowning him over time. According to the Greek authors Homer and Euripides, the ancient cults would last until a centralized religious system spread across most of Greece, from c.300 B.C.E. - c.250 B.C.E. But, despite the evaporation of God cults across most of Greece, the societal battles between Ares, Athena, and the ...

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Added: 11/8/2018 10:57:12 PM
Submitted By: 130086
Category: Mythology
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