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Contents      RES was the god of war and battle, and cared for
almost nothing else. The Greeks believed that the other gods
protected them, or helped them in useful ways, and so they loved
them. But the only help they could ever expect to get from Ares
was that which he might give them when they were at war, and
even then he might be on the other side. So, instead of loving
him as they did Zeus and Apollo and Athena, they dreaded him,
and called him "bloody Ares," and "raging Ares," because of his
fierce temper. And although they worshiped him, they did not
care to build quite so many temples in his honor as they did for
the other gods.  Nothing pleased Ares better than a battle
between two great armies. He liked to see the chiefs driving
furiously toward each other in their war chariots, with helmets
on their heads, and shields on their arms. He liked to see [45]
them throw their spears, and