Legatio Ad Gaium

for he appears to me to be called Mars from his helping, [*](The Greek word is ἀρήγειν, from which Philo supposes Ἄρης, the Greek name of Mars, to be derived. ) which is the same as assisting, being as such the god who is able to put down wars and to cause peace, of which this representation of his was the enemy, being the comrade of wars, and the man who changed peace and stability into disorder and confusion.