ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author university professor former classroom teacher and curriculum designer She thinks her dogs are descendants of Ares They go into a battle frenzy when the doorbell rings She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs To learn more about her visit www virginialoh com Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Matthew Wellenbach Catholic Memorial School West Roxbury MA Reading Adviser Marla Conn MS Ed Literacy specialist Read-Ability Inc Book Designer Jen Wahi Photo Credits Igor Zh Shutterstock com 5 stoyanh shutterstock com 6 Howard David Johnson 2016 8 Miroslav Trifonov Shutterstock com 11 Esteban De Armas Shutterstock com 13 Shotshop GmbH Alamy Stock Photo 15 World History Archive Alamy Stock Photo 17 Mikhail Khromov istockphoto com 19 Fotokvadrat Shutterstock com 21 duncan1890 istockphoto com 23 Ezume Images Shutterstock com 24 Dm_Cherry Shutterstock com 27 Emma manners Shutterstock com 29 Howard David Johnson 2016 Cover various art elements throughout shutterstock com Copyright 2017 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher 45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Loh-Hagan Virginia author Title Ares by Virginia Loh-Hagan Description Ann Arbor Cherry Lake Publishing 2017 Series Gods and goddesses of the ancient world Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2016031178 ISBN 9781634721349 hardcover ISBN 9781634722667 pbk ISBN 9781634722001 pdf ISBN 9781634723329 ebook Subjects LCSH Gods Greek Juvenile literature Mythology Greek Juvenile literature Classification LCC BL820 M2 L64 2017 DDC 292 2 113 dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2016031178 Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics 2
3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR 2 CHAPTER 1 God of War 4 CHAPTER 2 Warrior 10 CHAPTER 3 Bloodthirsty 16 CHAPTER 4 Death Tools 22 CHAPTER 5 Father of a Dragon 26 Did You Know 30 Consider This 31 Learn More 31 Glossary 32 Index 32
GOD OF WAR Who is Ares Who kidnapped him Who raised him Ares was a Greek god He’s the god of war He’s one of the 12 Olympians These gods were the rulers of the gods They lived on Mount Olympus Mount Olympus is in Greece It’s the highest mountain in Greece Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera Zeus was the king of the gods Hera was the queen of the gods They didn’t like Ares They didn’t help when Ares got kidnapped Giants wanted to fight Olympians They wanted to win So they took Ares They locked him in a bronze jar 4 CHAPTER 1
Ares was trapped for 13 months He started losing his mind The giants stepmother found out She told Hermes Hermes was the gods messenger He released Ares Hera sent Ares to Priapus Priapus was a minor god Minor gods aren’t as important as major gods He was a god of male body parts He raised Ares He trained Ares Ares’s father Zeus was the god of the sky 5
