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  2. Erichthonius (son of Hephaestus) - Wikipedia

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    Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus, Paris Bordone, between c. 1555~1560. According to the Bibliotheca, Athena visited the smith-god Hephaestus to request some weapons, but Hephaestus was so overcome by desire that he tried to seduce her in his workshop. Determined to maintain her virginity, Athena fled, pursued by Hephaestus.

  3. List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan

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    Unlike the book series, Hephaestus shows up early where he finds Annabeth in his amusement park hideout with Percy trapped in the same throne that Hera was once trapped in. After agreeing to free Percy, he allows them to claim Ares' shield as Hephaestus tells Annabeth that he'll put in a good word to Athena.

  4. Hephaestus - Wikipedia

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    Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus by Paris Bordone (between c. 1555 and c. 1560) Hephaestus is to the male gods as Athena is to the female, for he gives skill to mortal artists and was believed to have taught men the arts alongside Athena. [40] At Athens, they had temples and festivals in common.

  5. Necklace of Harmonia - Wikipedia

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    Polynices offering Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia; Attic red-figure oenochoe ca. 450–440 BC. Louvre museum. The Necklace of Harmonia, also called the Necklace of Eriphyle, was a fabled object in Greek mythology that, according to legend, brought great misfortune to all of its wearers or owners, who were primarily queens and princesses of the ill-fated House of Thebes.

  6. Chalceia - Wikipedia

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    The offerings recorded for each day were always for Athena, not her male counterpart. Also, the main focus of the festival (the sacred peplos) was for Athena, while Hephaestus wasn't given any gifts. [5] 'Athena Hephaista' was the epithet given to Athena in this context as a special association with Hephaestus, the god of the smiths.

  7. Pandora - Wikipedia

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    As before, she is created by Hephaestus, but now more gods contribute to her completion (63–82): Athena taught her needlework and weaving (63–4); Aphrodite "shed grace upon her head and cruel longing and cares that weary the limbs" (65–6); Hermes gave her "a shameless mind and a deceitful nature" (67–8); Hermes also gave her the power ...

  8. Virgin goddess - Wikipedia

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    In one tradition, Athena repulsed an attempt by Hephaestus to force himself upon her, and sent him fleeing. [iii] [8] Callimachus and the Pseudo-Apollodorus relate a myth that Teiresias was blinded after witnessing Athena naked in her bath; [iv] a similar tradition was attached to Artemis and the hunter Actaeon.

  9. Prometheia - Wikipedia

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    The dramatis personae are Prometheus, Cratus (Power), Bia (Violence), Hephaestus, the mortal woman Io, Oceanus, Hermes and a chorus of Oceanids.The play is composed almost entirely of speeches and contains little plot since its protagonist is chained and immobile throughout.