Ares' sister Athena was worshipped as the god of wisdom and strategy in battle, while he became the embodiment of rage, violence and mindless ferocity. Only the militaristic Spartans and ...

The name "Mars" is the Latinized (Roman) version of the Greek god Ares, the god of war. In Greek mythology, Deimos and Phobos were Ares' sons, who would accompany him onto the battlefield.