Ares
quoted 10 times by 6 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Ares the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
8 quoted · 2 reported
10 neutralin the voice of Athena 3 , Aphrodite 1 , Apollo 1 , Zeus 1 , hymnic speaker 1 , narrator 1 , one of the gods 1 , the natives of Papremis 1
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in the voice of Athena
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Iliad Homer 5 neutral 5 citations
Athena speaks directly to Ares, disarming him and arguing he must set aside his anger.
On this, Zeus would have been roused to still more fierce and implacable anger [ mênis] against the other immortals, had not Athena, alarmed for the safety of the gods, sprung from her seat and hurried outside.
book 15 ¶ -
in the voice of narrator
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Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 neutral 1 citation
Ares' battle cry is reported as a specific speech-act cited as a model for kingly song.
"The only song he will sing and admit is the one befitting Enyalius, very strong and piercing, bringing to its hearers neither pleasure nor relaxation, but irresistible terror and confusion—such as Ares himself raised when 'he shouted shrill from the topmost citadel, urging on the Trojans,' and such as Achilles raised when, merely by his shout, before he was seen, he put the Trojans to flight, and …
oration 2 ¶ -
in the voice of the natives of Papremis
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The Histories Herodotus 1 neutral 1 citation
The local explanation for the ritual combat at Papremis is presented as reported speech attributing the custom's origin to a specific event involving Ares.
The natives say that they made this assembly a custom from the following incident:
book 2 ¶ -
in the voice of Athena
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Shield of Heracles Hesiod 1 neutral 1 citation
The passage explicitly states Athena 'spoke winged words to him' before giving her rebuke of Ares as direct quotation.
But Athena the daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus came to meet Ares, wearing the dark aegis, and she looked at him with an angry frown and spoke winged words to him.
shield of heracles ¶ -
in the voice of one of the gods
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Odyssey Homer 1 neutral 1 citation
An unnamed god among those assembled comments directly on the spectacle of Ares's capture.
"Ill deeds do not bring aretê, and the weak confound the strong.
book 8 ¶ -
in the voice of hymnic speaker
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Hymn 8 to Ares Homeric Hymns 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
The passage is structured as direct address to the deity.
Ares, exceeding in strength, chariot-rider, golden-helmed, doughty in heart, shield-bearer, Saviour of cities, harnessed in bronze, strong of arm, unwearying, mighty with the spear, O defence of Olympus, father of warlike Victory, ally of Themis, stern governor of the rebellious, leader of righteous men, sceptred King of manliness, who whirl your fiery sphere among the planets in their sevenfold c …
hymn 8 to ares ¶
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