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Published: 2006-10-22 19:31:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1008; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 3
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Description "I am your son, O Zeus: the god of war.
And why should I regret this chance to slake
my lust? This goddess is our holy whore
whom ANY man or god with guts may take.

And yet, he's trapped me with his magic net.
His beaten links of spells and iron bright
are nothing to my martial might ... and yet ...
I know I cannot win my brother's fight.

I cannot meet his eye. Father. Help me.
Forgive me and before you I'll abase
myself. Please, Father? Father?" Ares pleads.
He gasped as coarsened fists explored his face,

then gasped again as Aphrodite came.
He groaned, "I wish I'd never played this game."
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Comments: 18

chandrja93 [2010-10-28 16:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Maybe at the end he want only some attentions... a myth says that Hera became pregnant of him by touching a flower, and only because she's jelaous of Athena's birth from the head of Zeus. So he was born only for revenge, and all the others gods hate him. Aphrodite wants only a man younger and prettier than her husband, she wants only a toy.
Ares may wants to fight, but he know he will lose. Because he always lose. The game he wish he'd never played maybe is the life, given to him without love...

I like your "Regret", intense and deep. Very good!

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themapper In reply to chandrja93 [2010-11-13 05:14:18 +0000 UTC]

You have obviously studied these myths and legends. Thank you for your comments. You have added some insight to my work. Thanks once again!

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chandrja93 In reply to themapper [2010-11-13 13:51:03 +0000 UTC]

glad you like it! I have to study these myths because in my school we study ancient greek grammar and litterature.

DOn't think it's funny, I hate greek grammar and I learn these things on my own...

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themapper In reply to chandrja93 [2010-11-21 06:54:36 +0000 UTC]

I don't think it is funny at all! In fact, I am envious. We never had that kind of opportunity in my school. I am glad you take an interest.

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chandrja93 In reply to themapper [2010-12-10 14:10:30 +0000 UTC]

Don't be envious, i read myths only for my own pleasure, because they teach us only grammar rules.
Soo boring!

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118519 [2008-10-13 03:22:45 +0000 UTC]

I like it
though I always pictured Ares as being remorsfull for what he did
His brother has had so mutch taken from him, and he never seems to hate Ares like all the uther gods, even makeing him armor and wepons, you know?

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themapper In reply to 118519 [2008-10-13 04:58:57 +0000 UTC]

Yes, Ares is often shown as remorseful, but perhaps it is because he was caught. His brother has had so much taken from him, hasn't he? He did not seem to hate Ares, but he was very angry. He was angry enough to catch them both in his magic net.

Thank you so much for taking time to comment. Your words make me smile.

Russell in Canada

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118519 In reply to themapper [2008-10-13 19:24:06 +0000 UTC]

ya...well I mean cuz of Hera 'droping' him from a mountan because she didnt like how he looked
I would be pissed off too if my brother was sleeping with my wife, though he could have done a lot worse to Ares

no problem thank you for responding

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GrinningDead [2008-03-05 13:54:52 +0000 UTC]

I think Ares,bloodthirsty as he is,always chooses war,and if I remember correctly, has been known to help both sides simply for his own amusement.
Nice poem by the way.
I don't think he is a coward,his feeling is more that of remorse,than fear.

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themapper In reply to GrinningDead [2008-03-06 00:30:05 +0000 UTC]

Most of that is accurate, so far as my short research into the love triangle goes. I did find background that suggested Ares was afraid of his half-brother specifically when he was caught in Hephaestus' magic net. Other than that, he was mostly contemptuous of him.

And yes, he did sometimes play both sides against each other for his own amusement.

Glad you liked it.

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GrinningDead In reply to themapper [2008-03-06 19:55:08 +0000 UTC]

Im glad you wrote it.

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wyldhoney [2006-12-05 20:39:22 +0000 UTC]

The thing I always liked best about Ares is that, whenever the Greeks went to war, he ALWAYS chose the side of their enemies!

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themapper In reply to wyldhoney [2006-12-05 22:49:37 +0000 UTC]

Did he now? I hadn't realised that. Used to read the old stories a lot years ago, maybe it's time to pick them back up again and read some more.

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ironhenry [2006-12-01 13:52:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! You didn't dissappoint with the second. It holds more surprises than the first. Hmm. Its hard to say exactly how I feel about these sonnets. They are bright, as if cast in harsh sunlight. I like the matter of factness. Both one and two are full of life and exciting. Now on to the third!

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themapper In reply to ironhenry [2006-12-05 02:17:35 +0000 UTC]

Harsh sunlight is a good description, nice insight there, Ben.

Tried to lay bare their essential selves, at least insofar as this slice of their entire complex set of histories goes. They have other characteristics, of course. Ares was not a god of war for nothing, after all, nor was Aphrodite nothing more than a sex toy for Ares.

Thanks for the feedback.

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erin5000 [2006-11-16 01:31:47 +0000 UTC]

naughty, naughty little boy...JK >_<

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themapper In reply to erin5000 [2006-11-16 20:30:34 +0000 UTC]


And that reminds me of a T-Shirt I saw on SanFran a couple years ago. It was a girl's t-shirt with these words written on the front.

"You naughty, naughty boy. You go STRAIGHT to my room!"

heh-heh.

Thanks for stopping by.

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erin5000 In reply to themapper [2006-11-20 15:24:05 +0000 UTC]

thats really funny.

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