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Hepheaestus

Hepheaestus. God of the forge. Hephaestus. God of blacksmiths, fire, stone work and sculpture. Son of Zeus and Hera. He tired to stop an argument between Zeus and Hera. This angered Zeus so he threw him from Mt. Olympus to Lemnos .

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Hepheaestus

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  1. Hepheaestus God of the forge

  2. Hephaestus • God of blacksmiths, fire, stone work and sculpture. • Son of Zeus and Hera. • He tired to stop an argument between Zeus and Hera. This angered Zeus so he threw him from Mt. Olympus to Lemnos. • Hephaestus hurt his leg and never fully recovered from his fall.

  3. The craftsman • Although lame and shunned by many of the gods he was the most skilled craftsman in the world. • Cyclopes worked his many bellows. • He created gold and silver automatons. • He often made fantastic objects and weapons for the gods and heroes. • Hermes winged helmet and sandals. • Achilles’ armor • Cupid’s bow and arrows

  4. Love • Hephaestus marries Aphrodite. • Does this seem strange? • She has an affair with Mars. • All of the gods joke about her affair and this enrages Hephaestus. • Using his skill he creates a net of metal so thin that it is almost invisible. He places this over Aphrodite’s bed and traps the two lovers in the act.

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  7. http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/P13.4.html • http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K7.1.html • D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar P. D' Aulaire. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. New York, NY: Delacorte, 1962. Print

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