In the video game series God of War, you play as the character Kratos, one of Zeus's many sons. He sends you to kill Ares, the God of War at the time. You open Pandora's Box and gain the power to kill gods, and use this ability on Ares, killing him. You are then crowned "God of War". Zeus later, out of fear of your power, tells you to burn down a city. This city, unbeknownst to you, contains your wife and daughter. This enrages you, and sends you in a downward spiral, only thinking about how you will kill Zeus. You don't want to kill all the other gods, but they keep defending Zeus and getting in your way, barring Hephaestus, who you killed in self defense due to him trying to protect Pandora, the key to Pandora's box and the most powerful ability left in Pandora's box, and Hera, who you killed because she insulted Pandora, who you had grown close to and thought of as a daughter.
Aphrodite is the only Olympian who you do not kill. You kill Hercules at one point, due to him being jealous of how Zeus had viewed you as his favorite child. In the final game, you team of up with Gaia in order to take control of Olympus, but she betrays you so you destroy her heart. This relates to Latin culture due to the Romans essentially copying the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology.
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