The myth of Aphrodite and Ares is one of the most interesting in Greek mythology, let’s say first that Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty and sexual love, born at sea and its beauty was superior to that of any creature. He saw her, gods and mortals, were impressed by her beauty and she knew it. That’s one of the reasons I was so vain.
Hephaustos, god of fire, forge, blacksmiths and craftsmen, was one of those who secretly loved Aphrodite; He was the son of Hera and Zeus, god of the gods; it was also the opposite of Aphrodite: an unpleasant-looking creature.
- In fact.
- According to the myth of Aphrodite and Ares.
- When Hephaestus was born.
- His own mother cared about his ugliness and expelled him from Olympus.
Hephastos was lame and hunchbacked. He looked carefree and unpleasant, and in the face of the humiliating rejection he suffered for his own mother, he decided to take revenge, so he built a magical throne and, lying, made Hera sit on it. , was stranded without being able to move.
“The last ones we forgive infidelity are the ones we let down” – Emil Cioran-
In hera’s pleas, Hephausto imposed a single condition on her to free her: that the gods give Aphrodite as a woman, Zeus granted her the wish. The myth of Aphrodite and Ares tells that the goddess of beauty didn’t like the situation at all, she hated Hephaestus because she wasn’t as handsome as she was.
Hephaustos worked tirelessly to earn Aphrodite’s affection, created beautiful jewels for her, but she had no interest in the god of fire, on the contrary, whenever she could, she committed infidelities with other gods, and even with mortals, without her husband noticing. .
The other character in this story is Ares, god of war, violence, male virility and defender of the weak, he was also the son of Hera and Zeus.
Unlike Hephaestus, he was very handsome. He also had a weakness for goddesses and women, never had to convince them, he simply made them his own.
According to the myth of Aphrodite and Arse, when the god of war met the goddess of beauty, he fell madly in love. Contrary to what he did with his other lovers, he decided to woo her.
He filled her with gifts and surprises to earn her love. The two spent a lot of time together, until Aphrodite answered him completely.
Hephaustos, her husband, moved every night in his forging workshop, the two lovers took advantage of this situation to love each other until dawn.
Ares was always accompanied by a young man named Alectrion, I was looking at the door, his mission was to warn them when Helios, the Sun, appeared on the horizon, Helios saw everything and they had to keep their romance a secret.
For the Greeks, any god or goddess could have any kind of loving relationship with whomever they wanted, what was not allowed was to have a single lover and keep it, that is to say have a formal infidelity. The relationship between Aphrodite and Ares was just that.
Everything was going well, until the day Alection, tired of the daily routine, fell asleep watching, so he could not say that Helios was already there, the latter saw lovers among the same sheets on which Aphrodite slept with Hephaestus, full of indignation. He went to see the god of fire and told him everything.
The myth of Aphrodite and Ares tells that Hephaestus was wounded deep in his heart and, as usual, could only think of revenge. To do this he created a fabulous network of golden threads, so thin that they could not be seen, but at the same time extremely resistant.
He cunningly left the net of gold threads raised on the bed and then told Aphrodite that he was going to travel.
Ares, always aware of what Hephaestus was doing, took the opportunity to go see Aphrodite immediately. When they made love, the chain of gold thread fell upon them and tied them. Immediately Hephaestus appeared and summoned all the gods to be present. They laughed so much at the situation that their common laughter seemed eternal.
Then the lovers were released and each of them had to go to a different place. Ares punished Alectrion by turning him into a rooster and blackmailing him every time the sun came up.
For love among the gods Eros, the god of romantic love, Wass and Aphrodite were born, but they did not respect the rule: they had seven other children.