His sister Athena personifies military strategy and leadership, but this god is strictly all about the more brutal side of warfare

Being lame is no obstacle to this god’s work creating weapons worthy of his colleagues

According to Homer, Odysseus was cursed with storms that destroyed his ship and crew, and cost him ten years’ delay on his journey as revenge for killing the cyclops son of this god

The original name of the god of wine and festivity, which the Romans later adopted as Bacchus

This goddess of agriculture also lends her name to a principle of object-oriented programming – “only talk to your immediate friends”