Hephaestus

American  

[hi-fes-tuhs] / hɪˈfɛs təs /

noun

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

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Hephaestus British  

/ hɪˈfaɪstɒs, hɪˈfiːstəs /

noun

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

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Hephaestus Cultural  

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

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Hephaestus

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019

Among them was Talos, a bronze automaton forged by Hephaestus, god of metalworking, to guard the island of Crete.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018

In it, Hephaestus, disabled god of metalworking, creates golden handmaidens to help him in his forge: “In them is understanding in their hearts, and in them speech and strength, and they know cunning handiwork”.

From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018

Arlington House was originally built as a monument to honor President George Washington, modeled after the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, Greece.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2014

Hephaestus was always tossing broken parts out of his godly workshop and littering the earth with scrap metal, but what were the chances some of it would hit Ogygia?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan