Hephaestus

[hi-fes-tuhs]

noun

1. the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan.

Hephaestus

/ hɪˈfaɪstɒs, hɪˈfiːstəs /

noun

1. Roman counterpart: Vulcan. Greek myth the lame god of fire and metal-working

Hephaestus

1. The Greek name of Vulcan, the Greek and Roman god of fire and metalworking.

Example Sentences

In a slow-burn buildup of character conflict and self-discovery, Eiffel and the Hephaestus crew find themselves in a proper space opera full of drama, suspense and a bit of psychological horror.

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Workshops are at least as old as Hephaestus, but Edison’s was the world’s first research-and-development facility—a model that would later be adopted by governments, universities, and rival corporations.

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Perseus enlists the aid of Queen Andromeda, Hephaestus and Poseidon’s son to rescue Zeus from the underworld, defeat the Titans and save mankind.

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But their night of illicit romance is cut short by Hephaestus, who is fed up with his wife’s unfaithfulness.

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Aphrodite confesses to her husband, Hephaestus, that she has been unfaithful, explaining that because her fate is to forever inspire love in others, she “will never know a true passion of my own.”

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