A.“Ἄρεως” A.Th.64, E.El.1258; but Ἄρεος (never contr.) is required by the metre in A.Th.115 (lyr.), S.OC947, Ant. 125 (lyr.), El. 1423 (lyr.), E.Heracl.275, El.950, Fr.16; dat. Ἄρεϊ, contr. Ἄρει; acc. “Ἄρεα” S.OT190 (lyr.), Att. Ἄρη (never Ἄρην, which is not found in Attic Inscrr. and is never required by the metre; Ἄρη᾽ is the true reading in Il.5.909, Hes.Sc.59, cf. AP7.237 (Alph.), D.S. 5.72); voc. Ἄρες, Ep. (metri gr.) Ἆρες:—Ion. and Ep. declens. Ἄρης , ηος, ηι, ηα: Aeol. Ἄρευς , ευος, ευα, ευι, ευ, Sapph.66, Alc. 28 ff.:—Ares: in Trag., the god of destruction generally, S. OT190, etc.; “ἐς Οἰδίπου παῖδε . . Ἄρης κατέσκηψ᾽” Ar.Fr.558; in Com., Ἄρεως νεοττός chicken of Ares, Id.Av.835.
II. in Poets, Appellat. for war, slaughter, “ξυνάγωμεν Ἄρηα” Il.2.381; “Ἄρη μείξουσιν” S.OC1046 (lyr.); “χρονίῳ σὺν Ἄρει” Pi.P.11.36; Ἄρης ἐμφύλιος, Ἄ. τιθασός, A.Eu.862,355; “θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων” Id.Pr.861; “ναύφαρκτος Ἄ.” Id.Pers.951 (lyr.); λιθόλευστον Ἄρη death by stoning, S.Aj.254(lyr.); ἔνθα μάλιστα γίγνετ᾽ Ἄ. ἀλεγεινὸς ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, of a mortal wound, Il.13.569.
2. warlike spirit, A.Ag.78, E.Ph. 134; “κἀν γυναιξὶν . . Ἄ. ἔνεστιν” S.El.1242; “οὔτ᾽ ὄλβος οὔτ᾽ Ἄ.” Id.Ant. 952; “μέγαν ἐκ θυμοῦ κλάζοντας Ἄ.” A.Ag.48; “Ἄρη βλέπειν” Ar.Pl.328, Timocl.12.7: in Prose, “ἔμφυτος Ἄ.” Gorg.Fr.6.
III. epith. of Zeus, as the avenger of perjury, in oaths, IG5(2).343c(Arc.); of Ἐνυάλιος, ibid., Poll.8.106. (Akin to ἀρή, q. v.) [α^ in Hom., but α of voc. may be long, e.g. “Ἆρες, Ἄρες βροτολοιγέ” Il.5.31, and gen. “Ἄ_ρηος” 2.767, Call.Jov.77 (s.v.l.), “Ἄ_ρεος” A.R.3.1187, dat. “Ἄ_ρηϊ” Id.2.991: in Trag., regularly α^, but A. uses α_ even in dialogue, as Th.244, 469; and S. in lyr., Aj.252,614, Ant.139.]