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Hephaestus

[ hi-fes-tuhs ]

noun

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


Hephaestus

/ hɪˈfiːstəs; hɪˈfaɪstɒs /

noun

  1. Greek myth the lame god of fire and metal-working Roman counterpartVulcan


Hephaestus

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


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Example Sentences

Several centuries later, around 400 BCE, we meet Talos, the giant bronze sentry, created by Hephaestus, that patrolled the shores of Crete.

She cheated on her husband Hephaestus with Ares, Hermes, and Dionysus.

The potter god Hephaestus made Pandora and her box filled with the good and bad stuff.

Faustus is likely derived from Hephaestus—a Faustian struggle is between good and evil.

In that song the injured husband, Hephaestus, claims back the bride-price which he had paid to the father of his wife, Zeus.

And there was set out for them within the course a great tripod of gold, the splendid work of cunning Hephaestus.

Then the stage was cleared of the gentle cats and the wire cage containing Hephaestus was pushed forward by Quast.

The rising Sun heals his infirmity; and there stands Hephaestus on Lemnos, watching the cure.

She flies from the pursuit of amorous Hephaestus; it was to this moment that Erichthonius owed his origin.

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