In Greek mythology, Melanion or Milanion is an Arcadian prince who married Atalanta, the fearsome huntress who killed the Calydonian boar. In ancient sources Melanion is often conflated with Atalanta'
Atalanta and Melanion hunting the Calydonian boar on the François Vase c. 570 BC, National Archaeological Museum of Florence.
Sculptural group of the footrace of Hippomenes and Atalanta by Guillaume Coustou in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
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
Cast of a Roman statue from Hadrian's Villa, copied from a Greek original. Traditionally identified as Ares or Hermes.
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