Mars Vs. Athena?

Question

Weren't they both the god of war? This makes like no sense, how can there be two gods of war.... maybe somebody can explain he diffrences of the two? Cause Im lost on this one.

Answer 1

That depends on specifics that you are looking at. When Athena is involved she is invoked in her protective aspect or as the goddess of war in just causes.

Ares is more of a general god of Conflict in general, there is a REALLY good essay on him at the web-link I am posting

Answer 2

Mars was the Roman God of War and Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill.
Mars was kind of a dullard, but Athena, ah...
she was a beauty and smart!

Answer 3

Yes, but only Athena had Nike, the spirit of victory with her. In addition, Athena only supported war for a just cause, whereas Mars supported ANY war. Athena was seen as a protectress of cities and especially HER city, Athens.

Answer 4

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, not quite war. She is more a goddess of the honorable war (a war with justifiable reasons), while Area/Mars is the god of war who doesn't care about the honor or justifications, just blood and deaths.

Answer 5

OK well in Greek mythology Mars is Ares. Ares is the God of war. Anthena on the other hand is the Goddess of wisdom. She can also be the goddess of war but she is mostly associated with wisdom. She is also associated with justice, skills, art and industery. But Ares on the other hand is just war. Most people when you talk about Anthena would be associated with wisdom.

Answer 6

Athena is the goddess of warfare and strategy and is the sister of Ares/Mars, who is the god of war.

Think of one as a general who leads the army into battle (Mars)and the her one as a general who maps the battle out (Athena).

Answer 7

Zeus or Jupiter- Zeus. Hera or Juno- i in my opinion reaalllyy like the two, yet i could % Juno. Poseidon or Neptune- Poseidon is cool. Dionysus or Bacchus- Dionysus. I variety of like it... yet is't the god of wine or some thing? Artemis or Diana- Artemis. whether, i like Dianna in this feeling. Hermes or Mercury- Mercury... Hermes is a sprint too on the fringe of herpes in case you inquire from me. Athena or Minerva- Athena. yet, lower back, i like the two. Ares or Mars- Aries, unquestionably. Aphrodite or Venus- Venus, i think. Hephaestus or Vulcan- Hephaestus. Demeter or Ceres- Demeter. Hades or Pluto- Meh. Pluto. Hestia or Vesta- Vesta Eros or Cupid- Eros Pan or Faunus- Pan. Persephone or Proserpina- Persephone! Boreas or Aquilon- Aquilon Gaea(Gaia) or Terra- Terra Hecate or trivialities- Hecate.. Hypnos or Somnus- Somnus. Notus or Favonius- Notus Ouranos or Uranus- Ouranos My favorites are Juno and Athena, and my least renowned is Hermes.

Answer 8

Athena was the goddess of wisdom and she helped in wars with strategy. Mars was more of the rush in and kill type.

Answer 9

Mars (or Ares, his original greek name) -

God of offensive warfare, slaughter, and unrestrained bloodshed

Athena -

Goddess of defensive warfare, strategy/tactics,
and civilized combat

*on a side note, they were actually siblings, both born of Zeus, god of the heavens, but they were fierce enemies and argued over whose way of fighting was best.

Answer 10

in greek mythology there's usually a male/female counterpart. he was a god, she was a goddess. (actually his name is aries in greek mythology, mars is the roman version of his name).