Ares was never married, but he fell in love with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, the god of fire and metalworking. When Hephaestus caught Ares and Aphrodite together, he captured them in an unbreakable metal web and held them there for the other gods to mock.
Ares, not always a warrior, was a lover as well. He was known for being the lover of Aphrodite aka Venus, shown with him here, who was married to Hephaestus aka Vulcan, the God of Fire. Seen here with his shield on the ground, Ares is embracing Aphrodite.
ARES The god of war had a long love affair with Aphrodite which lasted for the duration of her marriage to Hephaistos and beyond. She bore him four divine sons: Eros, Anteros, Deimos, Phobos; and a daughter: Harmonia.
As well as intervening in the lives of mortals, Aphrodite had numerous affairs amongst the gods. She was married to Hephaistos (god of fire and metalworking) but was famously caught sleeping with Ares (god of war).
From at least the time of Homer—who established him as the son of the chief god, Zeus, and Hera, his consort—Ares was one of the Olympian deities; his fellow gods and even his parents, however, were not fond of him (Iliad, Book V, 889 ff.).
Though Athena and Ares are half-siblings, the two are always depicted as being at odds with one another. For example, Athena fights with the Greeks in the Trojan War, while Ares fights with the Trojans. During the battle, Athena even attacked Ares with a boulder, only being stopped by their father, Zeus.
Ares and Athena: The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry
The role that Ares plays in Greek mythology is rather small. This has a lot to do with Athena being perceived as superior. As such, the two siblings were bitter rivals and were always in constant competition.
(1) DIVINE LOVES (GODDESSES)
APHRODITE The goddess of love and beauty had a long love affair with Ares which lasted for the duration of her marriage to Hephaistos and beyond. She bore him four divine sons and a daughter: Eros, Anteros, Deimos, Phobos and Harmonia.
Her lovers included Ares, the god of war, and the mortal Anchises, a Trojan prince with whom she had a famous son, Aeneas. Her most famous lover, however, was the handsome and youthful mortal Adonis.
For example, Ares had a secret affair with Eos, the goddess of the dawn, but was cursed by Aphrodite to be constantly in love when she found them together.
Ares famously seduced Aphrodite, unsuccessfully fought with Hercules, and enraged Poseidon by killing his son Halirrhothios. One of the most human of the 12 Olympian gods, Ares was a popular subject in Greek art.
Athena is the single most prevalent foe of Ares, the two were the ultimate symbol of war, two siblings with the same station but who were so different they were always ready to fight one another.
Soon, Aphrodite and Ares were in the bed together and the net fell upon them, trapping them right where they were. Hephaestus came in with all the other Olympians to jeer at the lovers, who were caught in flagrante delicto (in a blazing crime).
It is said that the boar which killed Adonis was no ordinary beast but the god Ares, who was one of Aphrodite's many lovers. Jealous of her passion for Adonis, Ares, disguised himself in the form of a boar and attacked the young man.
Phobos and Deimos are the twin sons of Aphrodite and Ares. They are the personifications of fear and terror, respectively. Phobos is often depicted as a young man with wings, while Deimos is usually portrayed as a older man with snake-like features. Harmonia is the goddess of harmony and concord.
Aphrodite didn't ONLY love Ares. She had romances with a lot of mortal men and gods. The reason she and Ares were together a lot was because Ares represented the epitome of masculinity, manliness and brawn etc.
KENKHREIS (Cenchreis) A queen of Kypros (eastern Mediterranean) who boasted that her daughter Myrrha was more beautiful than Aphrodite herself.
In Greek mythology, Psyche was a mortal woman whose beauty was so great that it rivaled that of the goddess Aphrodite. Aphrodite became so jealous of Psyche that she sent her son, Eros, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world.
Hephaestus, Ares, Poseidon, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Adonis and Anchises. Safe to say, the girl got around. Aphrodite had affairs with Ares, Hermes, Dionysus, Hephaestus, and Poseidon. Also, a demi-god son of Zeus and Elektra named Anchises whose son, Aenaes, is the genealogical patriarch of my family.
Ares was never married, but he fell in love with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, the god of fire and metalworking. When Hephaestus caught Ares and Aphrodite together, he captured them in an unbreakable metal web and held them there for the other gods to mock.
Ares was the son of Zeus and HERA. He himself was not married, but he had many liaisons, most famously with APHRODITE, goddess of love and wife of the crippled smith-god HEPHAESTUS, as recounted by the bard Demodocus in Homer's Odyssey (8.266–366).
Aphrodite. Aphrodite and Ares at home. Aphrodite is Ares' longtime girlfriend and the mother of their son, Eros.
Hades is Ares's uncle through Zeus. Although there is little information regarding their relationship, Hades shows that he is willing to let Ares off without a punishment after he indirectly hurts Persephone when using his powers on her.
Ares has an intense fear of jars, as a result of his ordeals at the hands of the Aloadae Giants.
Athena bested Poseidon by producing an olive tree on the Acropolis. Poseidon also raped Medusa—a mortal who had the reputation of being beautiful—in Athena's temple, desecrating it. Athena could not do anything to her uncle, so she took vengeance on Medusa by turning her into a woman with snakes on her head.