# Mars — The Odyssey character guide

> Mars in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ares

**First appearance:** 0008-book-vii-reception-of-ulysses-by-alcino-s

## Who they are

The god of war, caught in an affair with Venus by Vulcan's trap.

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