Both Uses of
Ares
in
Antigone
- But ere a torch our crown of towers could burn,
Ere they had tasted of our blood, they turn
Forced by the Dragon; in their rear
The din of Ares panic-struck they hear.*Ares = Greek mythology: god of war
- 2) By the Iron Rocks that guard the double main, On Bosporus' lone strand, Where stretcheth Salmydessus' plain In the wild Thracian land, There on his borders Ares witnessed The vengeance by a jealous step-dame ta'en The gore that trickled from a spindle red, The sightless orbits of her step-sons twain.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(Ares) Greek mythology: god of war -- known for his fierce and violent nature
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, Ares can refer to other people, places, or things with that name.