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The Emily Wilson translation depicts Hephaestus demanding/imploring Zeus before Poseidon offers, however, leading the reader to assume Zeus did not give back the "price" Hephaestus paid for his daughter and that this was the reason Poseidon intervened. [34]
[note 8] Hephaestus reluctantly agrees but warns that this task will not be as clean and bloodless as Eileithyia's work, the goddess of childbirth. Zeus dismisses his concerns, and Hephaestus strikes him. As Zeus's skull cracks open, the goddess Athena emerges fully grown from his head. Hephaestus, captivated by her beauty, asks for her hand in ...
Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896. In Greek mythology, Pandora [A] was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. [2] [3] As Hesiod related it, each god cooperated by giving her unique gifts.
Hephaestion (Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστίων Hēphaistíōn; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian extraction" [3] and a general in the army of Alexander the Great.
A. Aani; Aati; Abtu; Ahmose-Nefertari; Aker; Akhty; Amenhotep I; Amenhotep, son of Hapu; Amesemi; Am-heh; Ammit; Amu-Aa; Anat; Andjety; Anhur; Anput; Anubis; Anuket ...
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. [1] [2]
The only source that mentions Svarog is the Slavic translation of the Chronicle (Chronography) of John Malalas, which was placed in the Primary Chronicle under year 1114. In this translation, in glosses , the Greek god of fire and smithing Hephaestus is translated as Svarog, and his son, the sun god Helios , is translated as Dazhbog (glosses ...
Articles relating to the god Hephaestus and his cult. He is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, and fire.