Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has the Bayer designation α Scorpii, which is Latinised to Alpha Scorpii. Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares i
Antares between τ (lower left) and σ Scorpii; Antares appears white in this WISE false-colour infrared image.
Antares near the Sun on 30 November 2012
VLTI reconstructed view of the surface of Antares A
Antares seen from the ground. The very bright star towards the upper left corner of the frame is Antares.
Ares is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. Many Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success
Antares
…5.5. They have a projected separation of about 79.1 Tm (529 AU). Its traditional name Antares derives from the Ancient Greek Ἀντάρης, meaning "rival to Ares", due to the similarity of its reddish hue to the appearance of the planet Mars. α Scorpii (Latinised to Alpha Scorpii) is the star's Bayer designation…
Ares Borghese, a 1st or 2nd-century Roman statue copied from a 5th-century BC Greek original. Louvre.
Ares, 2nd–3rd century AD, after a Greek bronze original by Alkamenes dated 420 BC,[citation needed] excavated in 1925 in Rome's Largo di Torre Argentina
Ares (right) with Demeter, Dionysus and Hermes on the frieze of the Parthenon, c. 447–433 BC, British Museum
The Ludovisi Ares, Roman version of a Greek original c. 320 BC, with 17th-century restorations by Bernini