Summary Of Ares, The Greek God Of War

School superstars, superb athletes, bodies honed to be the epitome of masculine physique, and top dogs of a typical American school hierarchy, also described as having a lack of self control, aggressive, unintelligent, and short tempered, Jocks are definitely a strong presence on the high school and college scene, and it would be fitting that Ares, the Greek god of war be associated with jocks. Ares is representative of the jock archetype for his relationship with Aphrodite, his physical strength, and lack of rational thought.

Ares is well known to many classical authors as the lover of Aphrodite, even if Aphrodite was married to Ares’ brother Hephaestus. The author Lucretius, describes how Ares, like most other gods and mortal men would