Ares (disambiguation)

Ares (disambiguation)

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, a character portrayed by the New Zealandian actor Kevin Smith on the TV series ' and on its two spin-offs – ' and "Young Hercules".
* Ares, an of the TV series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
* Ares, the Greek god as he appears in Marvel Comics
* Ares, the Greek god as he appears in DC Comics
* A 135-ton three-legged Colossal-Class Battlemech in the collectible miniatures game
* Ares IV - A spacecraft from 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.

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.

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
* Ares 75 mm and 76 mm superhighvelocity guns.
* Ares Plural form 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 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 also the antagonist in the 2005 video game, . 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.
*Ares is perhaps the worst enemy of Wonder Woman in DC Comics. 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.
*Ares is another 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".
*In the Soul Calibur series, Ares serves as Astaroth's master.
*Ares appears in the game Master of Olympus - Zeus.
*Ares is the name of a ballistic missile targeting system used by the Navy in the hit TV show NCIS
*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
*Ares is a bat in The Underland Chronicles
*Ares is the name of a planet in which the book series The Struggle of Ares is set.
*Ares is also the name of a project 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.
*In the Battletech/Mechwarrior universe, the Ares is a 60 ton Clan battlemech.
*Ares is a Norwegian extreme metal musician, known from bands such as Aeternus and Gorgoroth.

Distinguish from

* Aries


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