Of the three unpleasant children Zeus and Hera had, Ares was the least attractive. As a matter of fact, Greek legends don't allow him one nice thing to do or make him have sympathy. He is always a villian. He is the god of war, and sometimes decribed as good looking in an evil way, he usally is pictured as bloodstained, with a killer expression on his face. His best friend is his equally obnoxois sister Eris, who laughed with joy during the goriest battles and never showed any mercy to either side. One wonders what Aphrodite saw in him, since she had most of her children with him. Their children mostly took after their father Ares in both apperance and character.His Roman name is Mars.