The savagery of the war god had little appeal to the Greeks, and Ares remained a minor figure in spite of his position among the Olympians. (Actually, the fact that he was sired by Zeus with Hera, indicates his unimportance -- major figures were sired by Zeus with some other female.) Efforts to see his name as Indo-European Greek have not been successful. Because he is regularly associated with Thrace to the north of Greece, his name could be Indo-European Thracian, but it may also be Pelasgian. There is little mythic narrative associated with him. Homer alludes to a story about Ares being trapped for thirteen months in a brass jar and rescued by Hermes; Homer also tells the story of Ares and Aphrodite.