Ares (disambiguation)

Contents 1 Mythology 2 Computer software 3 Fiction 4 Groups 5 Places 6 Rocketry 7 Weapons 8 Music 9 Other uses 10 Distinguish from

Ares or ARES may refer to:

Mythology

• Ares, the Greek god of war and violence.

Computer software

• Ares Galaxy, a peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing program
• Ares (computer game). published by Ambrosia Software, as well as the title ship in the game.
• Ares PCB Layout Software as part of Proteus Design Suite

Fiction

• Ares (manhwa) is a Korean comic about a group of mercenaries.
• Ares (Hercules and Xena), a character portrayed by the New Zealandian actor Kevin Smith on the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and on its two spin-offs – Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules.
• Ares (Hercules episode), an episode of the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
• Ares (Marvel Comics), the Greek god as he appears in Marvel Comics
  • There, he is one of the many allies Hades has in Marvel Comics. He was supposed to marry his former lover Aphrodite under Hades' wishes until the conspiracy was discovered. Recently, he has become a member of one of Marvel's flagship series The Avengers' newest incarnation, Mighty Avengers.
• Ares (DC Comics), the Greek god as he appears in DC Comics
  • There, he is perhaps the worst enemy of Wonder Woman. He was initially called Mars, but in the current continuity he is known as Ares. The character also appears in the animated television series Justice League Unlimited voiced by film and television actor, Michael York.
• A 135-ton three-legged Colossal-Class Battlemech in the MechWarrior: Dark Age collectible miniatures game
• In the Battletech/Mechwarrior universe, the Ares is a 60 ton Clan battlemech.
• One Small Step#Ares IV - A spacecraft in the Star Trek universe.
• Project Ares A project created by Lex in Smallville. Its goal is to create an unstoppable army.
• God of War, the game by SCEA. Ares is the antagonist in this game.
• Ares is the villainous antagonist in the 2005 video game, God of War. In this game, Ares turned the protagonist Kratos into a great warrior for the price of his family and to an extent, his humanity. Kratos defeats Ares at the end and becomes the god of war.
• Ares is the antagonist in the 2005 video game, Spartan: Total Warrior. At the commencement of the game, Ares speaks to the protagonist (who is identified only as "The Spartan") and guides him to victory over the Roman Empire. After slaying the Roman emperor Tiberius, the Spartan's missing past is revealed to him: he is the son of the handmaid of Aphrodite who revealed her mistress's affair with Ares to Hephaestus, and Ares wants to take his revenge by killing the Spartan.
• In the Soul Calibur series, Ares serves as Astaroth's master.
• Ares appears in the game Master of Olympus - Zeus.
• Ares is a bat in The Underland Chronicles
• Ares is a project that Lex Luthor created in the sixth season of Smallville. It refers to a plan to make an army of super-powered soldiers, created by binding multiple meteor powers to a single being using alien DNA, and selling this army to the government.
• Ares is the name of a cruise missile targeting system used by the Navy in the hit TV show NCIS

Groups

• ARES Incorporated, a firearm and weapon system manufacturer started by Eugene Stoner.
• Amateur Radio Emergency Service, a corps of volunteer emergency radio operators in the United States under the auspices of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and in Canada under the auspices of the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC).
• Australian Army Reserve, the reserve component of the Australian Army
• Aris Thessaloniki Greek athletic club

Places

• Ares, Spain, a municipality in Spain
• Arès, a town at the north of Arcachon Bay in France

Rocketry

• Ares (rocket) - the launch vehicles being developed for Project Constellation.
  • Ares I - A manned launch vehicle to launch the Orion spacecraft.
  • Ares IV - A proposed alternative to the Ares I.
  • Ares V - A heavy launch vehicle to launch the Earth Departure Stage and Lunar lander.
• Ares ICBM - A proposed missile and SSTO launcher derived from the Titan II.
• Ares will be the desiginations for the launch vehicles that will serve in NASA's Project Constellation, which will be called Ares I/IV/V

Weapons

• Ares 75 mm and 76 mm superhighvelocity guns.

Music

• Ares is a Norwegian extreme metal musician, known from bands such as Aeternus and Gorgoroth.
• 'Ares' is a song by the British band Bloc Party, and is track 1 on their third album, Intimacy, released in 2008.

Other uses

• ARES Automated Records and Engineering System. An automated system used for design and recording of items of exterior plant in the telephony-world.
• Ares (magazine), a science fiction wargame magazine
• Plural of are, a unit of measurement for area commonly used in Europe. An Are equals one square dekameter (decametre), or 100 square meters. A more commonly used measurement is the Hectare.
• Ares is a planet where the book series The Struggle of Ares is set.

Distinguish from

• Aries

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