Ares (disambiguation)
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Ares
is the Greek god of war and violence.
Ares or ARES may also refer to:
Ares
Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent aspect of war, in contrast to the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and...
is the Greek god of war and violence.
Ares or ARES may also refer to:
Aircraft
- Aerial Regional-scale Environmental SurveyAerial Regional-scale Environmental SurveyThe Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey was a proposal by NASA's Langley Research Center to build a powered aircraft that would fly on Mars. The ARES team sought to be selected and funded as a NASA Mars Scout Mission for a 2011 or 2013 launch window...
, an unmanned airplane proposed to fly on Mars. - Scaled Composites ARESScaled Composites ARESThe Scaled Composites ARES is a demonstrator aircraft built by the company Scaled Composites. ARES is an acronym for Agile Responsive Effective Support.-Development:In 1981, the U.S...
, a demonstrator aircraft built by the company Scaled Composites.
Computer software
- Ares GalaxyAres GalaxyAres Galaxy is an open source peer-to-peer file sharing application that uses its own decentralized supernode/leaf network. It was spun off from the gnutella network in 2002, and is currently hosted on SourceForge.net. Ares Galaxy has a simple, quick access interface with a built in audio/video...
, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program. - Ares (computer game)Ares (computer game)Ares is a video game created by Nathan Lamont of , and released in 1996, without much success due to poor marketing on the part of the game's original publisher, Changeling Software, which did not award Nathan Lamont any profit from the sales of the game. Changeling became defunct in 1998.The game...
. - Ares PCB Layout, part of Proteus (design software)Proteus (design software)Proteus is software for microprocessor simulation, schematic capture, and printed circuit board design. It is developed by Labcenter Electronics.The XGameStation Micro Edition was designed using Labcenter's Proteus schematic entry and PCB layout tools....
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Fantasy fiction
- Ares (manhwa)Ares (manhwa)Vagrant Soldier Ares is a Korean manhwa written and drawn by Ryu Kum-chel. The story centers around young swordsman Ares and takes place in a world similar to Ancient Rome.The manhwa is noted for fluid, dynamic action and subtle anachronism...
, a Korean comic about a group of mercenaries. - Ares (Hercules and Xena)Ares (Hercules and Xena)Ares is a character on the television shows Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Young Hercules. He was portrayed by New Zealand actor Kevin Tod Smith...
, the Greek god as portrayed on the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. - "Ares" (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
- Ares (Marvel Comics)Ares (Marvel Comics)Ares is a fictional character, a deity in the Marvel Comics Universe based on the Greek god of the same name. He first appears in Thor #129 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby....
, the Greek god as he appears in Marvel Comics. - Ares (DC Comics)Ares (DC Comics)Ares is a fictional character, a supervillainous God appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. Based upon the Greek mythological figure of the same name, he is the god of War and one of the major adversaries of Wonder Woman. He first appeared in Wonder Woman #1, volume 1, published in...
, the Greek god as he appears in DC Comics. - Project Ares, a project that Lex Luthor created on Smallville.
Science fiction
- Ares (magazine)Ares (magazine)Ares was a science fiction wargame magazine published by Simulations Publications, Inc. , and then TSR, Inc., between 1980 and 1984. In addition to the articles, each issue contained a wargame, complete with a foldout stiff paper map, a set of cardboard counters, and the rules.There were a total of...
, a science fiction wargame magazine. - Ares, a large interplanetary spacecraft that brought the first hundred colonists to Mars in the science fiction novel Red Mars in the Mars trilogyMars trilogyThe Mars trilogy is a series of award-winning science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the intensely personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning almost two centuries...
series by Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the fifteen years of research...
. - Ares IV, a spacecraft in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "One Small Step".
- Operation AresOperation AresOperation Ares is Gene Wolfe's first novel, published as a paperback original by Berkley Books in 1970. While no later editions were issued in the United States, a hardcover edition was released in the UK market by Dobson Books in 1977, followed by a Fontana paperback in 1978...
, a science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe.
Music
- Ares (album)Ares (album)Ares is the second album by American deathcore band Salt the Wound. It was released on September 15, 2009, through Rotten Records.Promoting the release of the album, the band performed at a show in Cleveland at the Grog Shop on August 29, 2009, releasing copies of the album during the show, two...
, an album by Salt the Wound. - "Ares", a 2008 song by Bloc Party from IntimacyIntimacy (Bloc Party album)Intimacy is the third studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded in two weeks at several locations in London and Kent during 2008 and was produced by Paul Epworth and Jacknife Lee. Inspired by the release options available in the Internet age, the band members made the...
. - Ares, a Japenese Nu Metal/Industrial Metal band
Surname
- Alexandra AresAlexandra AresAlexandra Ares is a bilingual Romanian American writer living in New York, NY. She is a columnist and editor of Manhattan Chronicles, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, TV producer/director and a former theater critic for print and television.-Life:Alexandra was born during the regime of Nicolae...
, a Romanian American writer. - Richard ArèsRichard ArèsRichard Arès, was a French Canadian humanist and writer.Born in Marieville, Quebec, the son of Georges Arès and Dorila Théberge, he was ordained a Jesuit Priest in 1944...
, a French Canadian humanist and writer.
Nickname, pseudonym, or alternate name
- Ares (musician)Ares (musician)Ronny Hovland, better known as Ares, is a Norwegian metal vocalist, guitarist and bassist, and the founder of the Norwegian death metal band Aeternus.-Biography:...
, Norwegian extreme metal musician. - Donna Ares, the stage name of Bosniak folk singer Azra KolakovićAzra KolakovicDonna Ares is a popular Bosniak folk singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and equally popular in the other former Yugoslav republics such as Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia.-Life:She attended the local music secondary school as well local music primary school in Bihać...
. - Ares Schwager, the nickname/stagename of the American musician and guitarist Brian SchwagerBrian SchwagerBrian Schwager is an American musician and the guitarist from metal band Downset.The 'Ares' nickname came from his days of playing the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, where his character was called 'Ares' .- References :...
. - Marco JaggiMarco JaggiMarco Jaggi is a Swiss professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, known by his ring name Ares , who primarily competes in European and American independent promotions. For much of his career, Jaggi teamed with Claudio Castagnoli and Marc Roudin as part of Swiss Money Holding...
, a professional wrestler who uses the wrestling ring name Ares.
Earth
- ArèsArèsArès is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a town at the north of Arcachon Bay in France. - Ares, SpainAres, SpainAres is a municipality in the comarca of Ferrol, in the province of A Coruña, in north-western Spain.Once a year, Ares celebrates the Corpus Christi....
, a municipality in Spain. - Ares del MaestreAres del MaestreAres del Maestre, also known as Ares del Maestrat or simply Ares, is a small village and municipality in the province of Castelló, Spain. It is situated near the top of the Mola d'Ares mountain, at an altitude of 1,148 m....
, a town in Alt Maestrat, Spain. - Ares CliffAres CliffAres Cliff is a cliff in Antarctica. It is formed of pale-colored sandstone and rises to about , and is located east of Mars Glacier and north of Two Step Cliffs on the east side of Alexander Island...
, a cliff on the east side of Alexander Island in Antarctica. - Col d'AresCol d'AresCol d'Ares is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain.It connects Prats-de-Mollo in France with Molló in Catalonia, Spain.-See also:* List of highest paved roads in Europe* List of mountain passes...
, a Pyrenees mountain pass on the border between France and Spain. - Col des AresCol des AresCol des Ares is a mountain pass located in Haute-Garonne, between Juzet-d'Izaut and Fronsac, some thirty kilometres north of Bagnères-de-Luchon, and south-west of Aspet.-Tour de France:...
, a mountain pass in Haute-Garonne in southwest France. - Muela de Ares, a high mountain in the province of Castellón, Spain.
- "Rock of Ares", a rock outcropping site in Greece known as the AreopagusAreopagusThe Areopagus or Areios Pagos is the "Rock of Ares", north-west of the Acropolis, which in classical times functioned as the high Court of Appeal for criminal and civil cases in Athens. Ares was supposed to have been tried here by the gods for the murder of Poseidon's son Alirrothios .The origin...
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Religion
- Pilgrims of ArèsPilgrims of ArèsThe Pilgrims of Arès is the name of a new religious movement founded in 1974 and whose founder was Michel Potay. It was named after the town of Arès, Gironde, where Michel Potay would have received revelations. Beliefs and practices are based on the Revelation of Arès, written by Potay.-Members and...
, a religious movement founded in France in 1974. - Temple of AresTemple of AresThe Temple of Ares was a building located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens. The Temple was identified as such by Pausanias but the ruins present today indicate a complex history...
, an early Roman place of religious worship.
Rocketry
- Ares (rocket)Ares (rocket)In terms of rocketry, Ares could mean:*Three Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles under development for NASA's Project Constellation program:**The Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle , designed to launch the Orion ....
, a series of launch vehicles being developed for Project Constellation. - Ares ICBMAres ICBMThe Ares was a proposed intercontinental ballistic missile derived from the Titan II missile. It was a single stage rocket with a high-performance engine to increase the rocket's specific impulse...
, a proposed missile and SSTO launcher derived from the Titan II.
Sculpture
- Ares BorgheseAres BorgheseThe Ares Borghese is a Roman marble statue of the imperial era . It is 2.11m high. It is identifiable as Ares by the helmet and by the ankle ring given him by his lover Aphrodite....
, a Roman marble sculpture. - Ludovisi AresLudovisi AresThe Ludovisi Ares is an Antonine Roman marble sculpture of Mars, a fine 2nd-century copy of a late 4th-century BCE Greek original, associated with Scopas or Lysippus: thus the Roman god of war receives his Greek name, Ares....
, a Roman marble sculpture.
Weaponry
- Tavor TAR-21 or Ares TAR-21a, an Israeli machine gun.
- Ares Shrike 5.56Ares Shrike 5.56The Ares Defense Shrike 5.56 is an air-cooled, dual-feed weapon that fires the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. The Shrike 5.56 can be supplied as a complete weapon, or as an upper receiver “performance upgrade kit” to existing M16-type service rifles and carbines....
, a light machine-gun variant. - Ares FMGARES FMGThe ARES FMG is a folding submachine gun designed by Eugene Stoner while he was an owner of ARES Incorporated. Stoner designed the gun for concealment and covert use, describing it as a “businessman’s personal defense weapon”...
, a folding sub-machine gun variant model.
- Ares Shrike 5.56
Other uses
- L'Alliance républicaine, écologique et sociale (ARES), a French coalition of parties.
- ARES IncorporatedAres IncorporatedARES Incorporated is weapons manufacturer co-founded by Eugene Stoner in 1971. The company is based in Port Clinton, Ohio, and produces fire control systems, turret systems, small arms, automatic cannons and industrial machinery....
, a firearm and weapon system manufacturer started by Eugene Stoner. - Amateur Radio Emergency ServiceAmateur Radio Emergency ServiceIn the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications...
, a corps of volunteer emergency radio operators. - Australian Army ReserveAustralian Army ReserveThe Australian Army Reserve is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, the reserve military force has been known by many names, including the Citizens Forces, the Citizen Military Forces, the Militia and, unofficially, the...
, the reserve component of the Australian Army. - Aris Thessaloniki, a Greek athletic club.
- ARES (Aciéries Rodange Esch-Schifflange) formed in 1994 from ARBED-Esch Schifflange and Métallurgique et Minière de Rodange-Athus, a subsidiary of ARBEDArbedARBED was a major Luxembourg-based steel and iron producing company. Created in 1911 after the merger of three steel producing companies, ARBED was a major actor in the economic history of the Grand-Duchy until it merged in 2002 with two other European steel companies to create Arcelor.- Origins ...
. - ARES, Automated Records and Engineering System. An automated system used for design and recording of items of exterior plant in the telephony-world.
- ARES, International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security.
See also
- Plural of "are": see hectareHectareThe hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
, a unit of measurement for area commonly used in Europe. - Aries (disambiguation)
- AIRESAIRESAerovías de Integración Regional S.A. is a low-cost airline headquartered in the AIRES Hangar in Bogotá, Colombia. It operates scheduled regional domestic and international services, as well as a domestic cargo service...
- Ares in popular cultureAres in popular cultureFrequently the figure from Greek mythology, Ares appears in contemporary popular culture, as he is the ancient Greek god of war in the most generally familiar classical mythology...