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Ares' nearest counterpart in Roman religion is [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], who was given a more important and dignified place in [[Religion in ancient Rome|ancient Roman religion]] as ancestral protector of the Roman people and state. During the [[Hellenization]] of [[Latin literature]], the myths of Ares were [[interpretatio graeca|reinterpreted]] by Roman writers under the name of Mars, and in later [[Western culture|Western art and literature]], the mythology of the two figures became virtually indistinguishable. | Ares' nearest counterpart in Roman religion is [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], who was given a more important and dignified place in [[Religion in ancient Rome|ancient Roman religion]] as ancestral protector of the Roman people and state. During the [[Hellenization]] of [[Latin literature]], the myths of Ares were [[interpretatio graeca|reinterpreted]] by Roman writers under the name of Mars, and in later [[Western culture|Western art and literature]], the mythology of the two figures became virtually indistinguishable. | ||
==Names== | |||
The etymology of the name ''Ares'' is traditionally connected with the [[Greek language|Greek]] word {{lang|grc|ἀρή}} (''arē''), the [[Ionic Greek|Ionic]] form of the [[Doric Greek|Doric]] {{lang|grc|ἀρά}} (''ara''), "bane, ruin, curse, imprecation".<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0073%3Aentry%3Da%29rh%2F ἀρή], Georg Autenrieth, ''A Homeric Dictionary''. {{LSJ|a)ra/|ἀρή|ref}}.</ref> [[Walter Burkert]] notes that "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war."<ref name="Burkert, p. 169">Burkert, [https://archive.org/details/greekreligion0000burk/page/169/mode/2up?view=theater p. 169].</ref> [[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]] has suggested a [[Pre-Greek]] origin of the name.<ref>[[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, pp. 129–130.</ref> The earliest attested form of the name is the [[Mycenaean language|Mycenaean Greek]] {{lang|gmy|{{script|Linb|𐀀𐀩}}}}, ''a-re'', written in the [[Linear B]] syllabic script.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A-re in the Linear B Tablets and the Continuity of the Cult of Ares in the Historical Period| url=http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/publications/pdf/are.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/publications/pdf/are.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|first=Joannn|last=Gulizio|journal=Journal of Prehistoric Religion|volume=15|pages=32–38}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Raymoure| first=K.A.| url=http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/a/a-re/| title=a-re| work=Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B| publisher=Deaditerranean| year=2012| access-date=2014-03-08| archive-date=2016-03-18| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318004206/http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/a/a-re/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palaeolexicon.com/default.aspx?static=12&wid=346723|title=The Linear B word a-re|website= Palaeolexicon, Word study tool of ancient languages}}</ref> | |||