Name the Greek equivalentof the Roman god Mars?
"Marcus (name) Marcus is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman pre-Christian origin derived either from Etruscan ""Marce"" of unknown meaning (possibly from the Etruscan """"mar"""" which means ""to harvest""), or referring to the god Mars. Because Mars was identified as the Roman god of War, the name 'Marcus' can by extension be taken to refer to Ares in the Greek pantheon. The name is popular in Europe, particularly in Sweden, Norway, Italy and Germany, and increasingly, in the Netherlands. It is also popular in English language countries, although less common than the shortened variation 'Mark', associated with the Gospel"
"Roman God Mars. The modern symbol was first found to be written in Byzantine Greek manuscripts dated from the late Middle Ages. Mars in Roman mythology was the God of War and patron of warriors. This symbol is also used in biology to describe the male sex, and in alchemy to symbolise the element iron which was considered to be dominated by Mars whose characteristic red colour is coincidentally due to iron oxide. ♂ occupies Unicode position U+2642. In ""The Planets"" by British composer Gustav Holst, Mars is depicted as the ""Bringer of War"". The Flaming Lips won a 2003"
"reinterpreted in Roman literature and art under the name of Mars. But the character and dignity of Mars differed in fundamental ways from that of his Greek counterpart, who is often treated with contempt and revulsion in Greek literature. Mars was a part of the Archaic Triad along with Jupiter and Quirinus, the latter of whom, as a guardian of the Roman people, had no Greek equivalent. Mars' altar in the Campus Martius, the area of Rome that took its name from him, was supposed to have been dedicated by Numa, the peace-loving semi-legendary second king of Rome. Although the"
"named after this mythological figure. The god’s Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Deimos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He is the twin brother of Phobos and nephew of the goddess Enyo who accompanied her brother Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread and Panic. Deimos is more of a personification and an abstraction of the sheer terror that is brought by war and he never appeared as an actual character in any story in Greek Mythology. His Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Asaph Hall, who discovered the moons of Mars, named"
"gave his name to the third month in the Roman calendar, ""Martius"", from which English ""March"" derives. In the most ancient Roman calendar, ""Martius"" was the first month. The planet Mars was named for him, and in some allegorical and philosophical writings, the planet and the god are endowed with shared characteristics. In many languages, Tuesday is named for the planet Mars or the god of war: In Latin, ""martis dies"" (""Mars's Day""), survived in Romance languages as ""martes"" (Spanish), ""mardi"" (French), ""martedi"" (Italian), ""marţi"" (Romanian), and ""dimarts"" (Catalan). In Irish (Gaelic), the day is ""An Mháirt"", while in Albanian"
"be abandoned, and a vogue for accurate, realist depictions of human colonies on Mars developed, the best known of which may be Kim Stanley Robinson's ""Mars"" trilogy. Pseudo-scientific speculations about the Face on Mars and other enigmatic landmarks spotted by space probes have meant that ancient civilizations continue to be a popular theme in science fiction, especially in film. Images Videos Cartographic resources Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war, and is often referred to as"
"Ares (DC Comics) Ares (also known as Mars) is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Based on the Greek mythological figure of the same name, he is the Greek god of war and serves as the nemesis of the superhero Wonder Woman within the DC Universe. The character has appeared in various forms of media. Alfred Molina voiced him in the 2009 direct-to-video animated movie ""Wonder Woman"". Ares later made his live-action debut in the 2017 film ""Wonder Woman"" as the main villain, where he was portrayed by English actor David Thewlis. Ares first appeared"
"toys. Ares is also part of the action figures lineup for the 2017 film ""Wonder Woman"". Ares is represented as an inaccurate buildable figure in the Lego set ""Wonder Woman Warrior Battle"" based on ""Wonder Woman"". Ares (DC Comics) Ares (also known as Mars) is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Based on the Greek mythological figure of the same name, he is the Greek god of war and serves as the nemesis of the superhero Wonder Woman within the DC Universe. The character has appeared in various forms of media. Alfred Molina voiced him"
"Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupīdō , meaning ""desire"") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars. He is also known in Latin as """" (""Love""). His Greek counterpart is Eros. Although Eros is generally portrayed as a slender winged youth in Classical Greek art, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who"
"Roman incarnation of Mars as both a god of agriculture and bloodshed. William Warde Fowler, whose work on Roman festivals remains a standard reference, entertained the idea that Robigus is an ""indigitation"" of Mars, that is, a name to be used in a prayer formulary to fix the local action of the invoked god. In support of this idea, the priest who presided was the flamen Quirinalis, and the ""ludi"" were held for both Mars and Robigo. The flamen recited a prayer that Ovid quotes at length in the ""Fasti"", his six-book calendar poem on Roman holidays which provides the"
"Ares (the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mars). The Galilean moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) were named by Simon Marius soon after their discovery in 1610. However, by the late 19th century these names had fallen out of favor, and for a long time it was most common to refer to them in the astronomical literature simply as ""Jupiter I"", ""Jupiter II"", etc., or as ""the first satellite of Jupiter"", ""Jupiter's second satellite"", etc. By the first decade of the 20th century, the names Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto had once again recovered popularity, but the"
"no longer fully understood. The word ""Mārs"" (genitive ""Mārtis""), which in Old Latin and poetic usage also appears as ""Māvors"" (""Māvortis""), is cognate with Oscan ""Māmers"" (""Māmertos""). The Old Latin form was believed to derive from an Italic ""*Māworts"", but can also be explained as deriving from ""Maris,"" the name of an Etruscan child-god; scholars have varying views on whether the two gods are related, and if so how. Latin adjectives from the name of Mars are ""martius"" and ""martialis"", from which derive English ""martial"" (as in ""martial arts"" or ""martial law"") and personal names such as ""Martin"". Mars also"
"of the Germans as Mercury, perhaps referring to Wotan. Some information about the deities of the ancient Gauls (the continental Celts), who left no written literature other than inscriptions, is preserved by Greco-Roman sources under the names of Greek and Latin equivalents. A large number of Gaulish theonyms or cult titles are preserved, for instance, in association with Mars. As with some Greek and Roman divine counterparts, the perceived similarities between a Gallic and a Roman or Greek deity may reflect a common Indo-European origin. Lugus was identified with Mercury, Nodens with Mars as healer and protector, Sulis with Minerva."
"Romanian, ""marţi"", in Spanish, ""martes"", in French, ""mardi"" and in Italian ""martedì""). The English ""Tuesday"" is a modernised form of ""Tyr's Day"", Tyr being the Germanic analogue to Mars. Dante Alighieri associated Mars with the liberal art of arithmetic. In Chinese astrology, Mars is ruled by the element fire, which is passionate, energetic and adventurous. In Indian astrology, Mars is called Mangala and represents energy, confidence and ego. Jupiter () is the ruling planet of Sagittarius and it is exalted in Cancer. In classical Roman mythology, Jupiter is the ruler of the gods and their guardian and protector, and his"
"as the Xulsigiae, who are perhaps water nymphs. An inscription from Kaul in Luxembourg appears to invoke Lenus Mars ‘Veraudunus’ along with the Celtic goddess Inciona. Lenus was not the only Celtic god identified with Mars by the Treveri; others, such as Iovantucarus (apparently a protector of youth), Intarabus, Camulos, and Loucetios were identified with Mars and perhaps, by extension, with Lenus. His name occasionally appears as ‘Mars Laenus’; the more usual form ‘Lenus Mars’ is accompanied by the epithets ""Arterancus"" and ""Exsobinus"" on one inscription each. In Britain, Mars Lenus may have been identified with Ocelus Vellaunus, on the"
"wearing a helmet and carrying a buckler, perhaps in reference to Virgil's ""Omnia vincit amor"" or as political satire on wars for love, or love as war. Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupīdō , meaning ""desire"") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars. He is also known in Latin as """" (""Love""). His Greek counterpart is Eros. Although Eros is generally portrayed as a slender winged youth in Classical Greek art, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed"
"was derived from the name of the god ""Mamers"", who was worshipped throughout Italy in pre-Roman times, and was particularly associated with the Oscans. Since classical times, scholars have postulated that Mamers was the Oscan form of Mars, although the names ""Marcus"" and ""Mamercus"" frequently existed side-by-side. Whatever the case, Mamercus is generally believed to have been an Oscan praenomen that was brought to Rome during the reign of Numa Pompilius, if not earlier. Although Mamercus was never widely used at Rome, it came to be regarded as a Latin praenomen. It was always included in lists of personal names,"
"Mars. The ""Dawn"" team was granted viewing time on the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2007 for a once-in-twenty-year opportunity to view Pallas at closest approach, to obtain comparative data for Ceres and Vesta. 2 Pallas is named after Pallas Athena (Ancient Greek: ), an alternate name for the goddess Athena. In some mythologies Athena killed Pallas, then adopted her friend's name out of mourning. ""Pallas"" is a Greek name and some other languages use variant versions of it for the asteroid: in Italian, ""Pallade"", Russian ""Pallada"", Spanish ""Palas"", and Arabic ""Bālās"", for example. In Chinese, however, the asteroid has"
"""dies Martis"". The name ""Tuesday"" derives from the Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and literally means ""Tiw's Day"". Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god ""*Tîwaz"", or Týr in Old Norse. ""*Tîwaz"" derives from the Proto-Indo-European base ""*dei-"", ""*deyā-"", ""*dīdyā-"", meaning 'to shine', whence comes also such words as ""deity"". The Latin name ""dies Martis"" (""day of Mars"") is equivalent to the Greek ἡμέρα Ἄρεως. In most languages with Latin origins (Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian, Galician, Sardinian, Corsican, but not Portuguese), the day is named after Mars, the Ancient Greek Ares Ἄρης . In some Slavic languages the"
"of the Roman god Mars' shield and spear. According to Stearn, however, all the historical evidence favours that it is derived from ""θρ"", the contraction of the Greek name for the planet Mars, which is Thouros. The sex of a particular organism may be determined by a number of factors. These may be genetic or environmental, or may naturally change during the course of an organism's life. Although most species with male and female sexes have individuals that are either male or female, hermaphroditic animals, such as worms, have both male and female reproductive organs. Most mammals, including humans, are"
"gods Mars and Quirinus, who were often identified with each other. Mars was a god of war; he was honored in March and October. Modern scholars see Quirinus as the patron of the armed community in time of peace. The 19th-century scholar Georg Wissowa thought that the Romans distinguished two classes of gods, the ""di indigetes"" and the ""di novensides"" or ""novensiles"": the ""indigetes"" were the original gods of the Roman state, their names and nature indicated by the titles of the earliest priests and by the fixed festivals of the calendar, with 30 such gods honored by special festivals;"
"Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war, and is often referred to as the ""Red Planet"" because the reddish iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth. The rotational period"
"Eros In Greek mythology, Eros (, ; , ""Desire"") is the Greek god of sensual love and desire. His Roman counterpart was Cupid (""desire""). Some myths make him a primordial god, while in other myths, he is the son of Aphrodite. He is one of the winged love gods, Erotes. The Greek ἔρως, meaning ""desire,"" comes from ἔραμαι ""to desire, love"", of uncertain etymology. R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Eros appears in ancient Greek sources under several different guises. In the earliest sources (the cosmogonies, the earliest philosophers, and texts referring to the mystery religions), he"
"it is ""e Marta"". The English word ""Tuesday"" derives from Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and means ""Tiw's Day"", ""Tiw"" being the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic war god *Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse. In Classical Roman religion, Mars was invoked under several titles, and the first Roman emperor Augustus thoroughly integrated Mars into Imperial cult. The 4th-century Latin historian Ammianus Marcellinus treats Mars as one of several classical Roman deities who remained ""cultic realities"" up to his own time. Mars, and specifically Mars Ultor, was among the gods who received sacrifices from Julian, the only emperor to reject Christianity after"
"Mercury (mythology) Mercury (; Latin: ""Mercurius"" ) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld. He was considered the son of Maia, who was a daughter of the Titan Atlas, and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is possibly related to the Latin word ""merx"" (""merchandise""; cf. ""merchant"", ""commerce"", etc.), ""mercari"" (""to trade""), and ""merces"" (""wages""); another possible"
"Deimos (moon) Deimos (systematic designation: Mars II) is the smaller and outermost of the two natural satellites of the planet Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean radius of and takes 30.3 hours to orbit Mars. Deimos is from Mars, much further than Mars's other moon, Phobos. It is named for Deimos who in Greek mythology is the twin brother of Phobos, and personifies terror. Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall, III at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. on 12 August 1877, at about 07:48 UTC (given in contemporary sources as ""11 August 14:40"" Washington"
"known as (where characteristics perceived to be similar by Romans result in identification of a non-Roman god as a Roman deity)—as either the Roman god Jupiter (also known as ""Jove"") or the Greco-Roman god Hercules. The first clear example of this occurs in the Roman historian Tacitus's late first-century work , where, writing about the religion of the (a confederation of Germanic peoples), he comments that ""among the gods Mercury is the one they principally worship. They regard it as a religious duty to offer to him, on fixed days, human as well as other sacrificial victims. Hercules and Mars"
"Six God Combination Godmars The anime show is loosely based on the 1976 Mars manga from Shōnen Champion magazine by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman God of war. In the year 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by the Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth. He targets Earth for elimination and to do this, he sends a male baby called Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes"
"was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ""Martius"" was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ""Martius"" remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as late as 153 BC, and several religious observances in the first half of the month were originally new year's celebrations. Even in late antiquity, Roman mosaics picturing the months"
"Smertrios In Gallo-Roman religion, Smertrios or Smertrius was a god of war worshipped in Gaul and Noricum. In Roman times he was equated with Mars. His name contains the same root as that of the goddess Rosmerta and may mean ""The Purveyor"" or ""The Provider"", a title rather than a true name. Smertulitanus may be a variant name for the same god. Smertrius is one of the Gaulish gods depicted on the Pillar of the Boatmen, discovered in Paris. Here is depicted as a well-muscled bearded man confronting a snake which rears up in front of him. The god brandishes"
"vegetative and animal fertility and abundance. Tellumo is identified by St. Augustine as the male counterpart of Tellus. A Tellurus is named uniquely by Martianus Capella (1.49). In several modern Romance languages, ""terra"" (or French ""terre"") is the name of planet Earth. Following post-classical Latin astronomical terminology, Earth is sometimes referred to as ""Terra"". Terra (mythology) In ancient Roman religion and myth, Tellus Mater or Terra Mater (""Mother Earth"") is a goddess of the earth. Although Tellus and Terra are hardly distinguishable during the Imperial era, ""Tellus"" was the name of the original earth goddess in the religious practices of"
"spirit, breath, life or animating force"". Eros In Greek mythology, Eros (, ; , ""Desire"") is the Greek god of sensual love and desire. His Roman counterpart was Cupid (""desire""). Some myths make him a primordial god, while in other myths, he is the son of Aphrodite. He is one of the winged love gods, Erotes. The Greek ἔρως, meaning ""desire,"" comes from ἔραμαι ""to desire, love"", of uncertain etymology. R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Eros appears in ancient Greek sources under several different guises. In the earliest sources (the cosmogonies, the earliest philosophers, and texts"
"translated into Latin as ""stella Martis"", or ""star of Mars"", or simply ""Mars"". The Hellenistic Greeks also called the planet Πυρόεις ""Pyroeis"", meaning ""fiery"". In the Skanda Purana, a Hindu religious text, Mars is known as the deity Mangala (मंगल) and was born from the sweat of Shiva. The planet is called ""Angaraka"" in Sanskrit, after the celibate god of war who possesses the signs of Aries and Scorpio, and teaches the occult sciences. The planet was known by the ancient Egyptians as ""Horus of the Horizon"", then later Her Deshur (""""Ḥr Dšr""""), or ""Horus the Red"". The Hebrews named"