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  2. 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.

  3. Dialogues of the Gods - Wikipedia

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    Athena is born from Zeus's forehead as he grasps the clothing of Eileithyia on the right; black-figured amphora, 550–525 BC, Louvre. Zeus orders a bewildered Hephaestus to strike him on the head with his hammer, insisting he do it with all his strength, or risk Zeus's anger—a threat he has made before.

  4. 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.

  5. Gods in The Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    In Book 6, she makes sure that Nausicaa meets Odysseus elsewhere on the island by coming to her in a dream and inciting her to go to the river to wash clothes. Odysseus is in a horrid state of nudity and grime when he initially meets Nausicaa, but Athena gives Nausicaa the courage to stand her ground so that she can get around to helping him.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...