Halirrhotius

, a son of Neptune and Euryte, who ravished Alcippe daughter of Mars, because she slighted his addre es. This violence offended Mars, and he killed the ravisher. Neptune cited Mars to appear before the tribunal of justice to answer for the murder of his son. The cause was tried at Athens, in a place which has been called from thence Areopagus ( ἀρης Mars , and παγος village ), and the murderer was acquitted. Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 14 .— Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 21 .