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The Hephaesteia (Ancient Greek: Ηφαίστεια), or Hephaestia, was an ancient Greek festival primarily celebrated in Athens and Lemnos in honor of the god Hephaestus. Initially, the Hephaesteia was an annual festival, but according to Aristotle , by the time of the archonship of Ktesiphon (329 BC - 328 BC), it was held every five years.
Hephaestus (UK: / h ɪ ˈ f iː s t ə s / hif-EE-stəs, US: / h ɪ ˈ f ɛ s t ə s / hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, romanized: Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. [1]
Articles relating to the god Hephaestus and his cult. He is the Greek god of blacksmiths , metalworking , carpenters , craftsmen , artisans , sculptors , metallurgy , and fire . Subcategories
Charis (center), with Thetis and Hephaestus (labelled as Vulcan), in a 1795 engraving after a 1793 drawing by John Flaxman.. Charis (/ ˈ k æ r ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Χάρις "grace, beauty, and life") is a goddess in Greek mythology.
The gods have a friendly argument over who will give the best gift, with Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, and Hephaestus specifically mentioned as presenting toys or, as in Apollo's case, songs. Callimachus, who composed a poem for the celebration of the seventh day after the birth of a daughter to his friend Leon, used Apollo's gift of a song as a ...
In Homestuck Hephaestus is the denizen, a sort of final boss, in Land of Heat and Clockwork. In the video game Smite Hephaestus appears in-game under his Roman name Vulcan, he is a playable god whose role is a mage. He also has a prosthetic left leg and right hand, in reference to both his lameness from mythology and his own ingenuity and ...
A plane crashed into a car in Arizona on Tuesday, killing five people, including a child. Three adults and a child on the plane, and the driver of the car, were killed after the jet, a Honda HA ...
Hephaestus is the Olympian Gods' blacksmith whose history is largely the same as his mythological counterpart. [1] Post-Crisis, Hephaestus forged Wonder Woman's golden Lasso of Truth and bracelets. [2] In The New 52, Hephaestus is assisted by a group of laborers who were abandoned male children from Themyscira. Wonder Woman attempts to release ...