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STATUE OF GOD HEPHAISTOS<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

HANDMADE OF ALABASTER,AND PAINTED IN MUSEUM PATINA.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

God Hephaestus was teh Ancient Greek god of fire, metallurgy, and crafts<\/a>\u00a0 .\u00a0 Hephaistos\u00a0(Hephaestus) was the brilliant blacksmith of the Olympian gods, for whom he fashioned magnificent houses, armour, and ingenious devices. Hephaistos had his workshop beneath volcanos – Mount Etna on\u00a0Sicily . Being a favourite haunt – and was, with his lame foot, unique as the only less-than-perfect god. To the Romans, he was known as Vulcan or Volcanus.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Origins & Family<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

The origins of Hephaistos are obscure . He probably derives from the common idea that early kings should also be masters at certain crafts.\u00a0 \u00a0Especially metalwork, and perhaps, too, magic (which would have included the manipulation of fire). In Classical Greek mythology<\/a>, the god was born from\u00a0Hera<\/a>\u00a0and, without a father, Hephaistos was, unlike the other gods, a less than beautiful figure. So much so, that in Greek\u00a0mythology\u00a0he is said to have been thrown from the heavens by his mother (or in other accounts by\u00a0Zeus<\/a>) because of his ugliness .\u00a0 And landing on the island of Lemnos, the god was crippled. Cared for by Thetis (and possibly also by Eurynome, the daughter of Ocean), he would construct his workshop on the island’s volcano where he lived in an imperishable bright bronze\u00a0house, where he created his masterpieces of metallurgy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

HIS MARRIAGE WITH APHRODITE<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Returning to mythology, Hephaistos married the goddess\u00a0Aphrodite<\/a>. The unlikely union occurred as a result of Hephaistos capturing his mother Hera in the invisible chains of a throne he had built. So the wedding was the price of release. The scene is a popular one in Greek art and usually depicts Dionysos<\/a>\u00a0leading Hephaistos, under the influence of wine, back to Olympus to free the entrapped Hera. However, the marriage was not to last as Aphrodite had numerous affairs, most notably with the god\u00a0Ares.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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