Historical story

Why is the fighting god Ares (Mars) so popular in Rome when it is unpopular in Greece?

I later learned that the name of the first hero of Fire Emblem was Mars, and that it was actually taken from the fighting god Mars.

It is read as Ares in Greece and Mars in Rome, and the popular Roman name Marx comes from Mars, and there is a tradition that Romulus, the first Roman king, is a child of Mars.

"Mars" for Mars is Mars's English reading, and March comes from Mars. He also has the nickname Gradius.

Gradius, which often appears in RPG, came from here.

I thought it was the name of a shooting game.

Born as a child of Zeus and his wife Hera

Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology, is a god who is cheating and acts by relying on his lower body when viewed as a woman, and every time he gets angry with his wife, Hera.

Most Greek heroes have a hard time being born, because Hera's wrath is mostly directed at the other woman and her children, not Zeus. He had a hard time even Apollo and Artemis were born, and the moment Heracles was born, he was almost bitten by a poisonous snake.

Meanwhile, Mars, a child of Hera and Zeus, never did that.

That's why there are few episodes about Mars, and it may not be as popular as Heracles or Apollo.

Judges aren't the only ones who love Japanese people.

Ares is said to be a god who expresses the violence of the fight, and it seems that it was not particularly popular among the Greeks, and he lost to human opponents and hero Heracles, and Venus and affair who became a god wife who is not a married woman After all, there is no honest good episode in Greek mythology or having children.

Perhaps because of its barbaric image, it is even considered to be the creator of the female fighting race Amazones.

Like Ares, his mother's spatula must have been hated. The half-hearted Apollo and Artemis have gorgeous titles such as the sun god and the moon goddess, but Ares is just a god of fighting.

By the way, Athens is also a god of fighting, but Ares is also a god of fighting, the former being a god of protection and the latter being a god of aggression. It seems that the Greeks were rather enthusiastic about defense and did not invade other countries as represented by the Persian War, and Ares was not popular anyway. Apparently, the Greeks didn't like the fact that it was popular in Macedonia, north of Greece.

Macedonia is a country that loves aggression without seeing Alexander the Great, and it seems to be a good match with Ares. On the contrary, Apollo even seems to have been seen lightly.

Mars was also very popular in Rome.

Mars would have been a good match with the Roman temperament that would later create a world empire.

The names Marx and Marius come from Mars, and both are still common names. Marius leaves in the sexy zone are also coming from Marus.

The mark representing "♂" was also a symbol representing Mars, and it is rare for a god to be treated so differently in Greece and Rome.