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Hephaestus (UK: / h ɪ ˈ f iː s t ə s / hif-EE-stəs, US: / h ɪ ˈ f ɛ s t ə s / hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, romanized: Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. [1]
In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius (/ ə r ɪ k ˈ θ oʊ n i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐριχθόνιος, romanized: Erikhthónios) was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths , he was autochthonous (born of the soil, or Earth) and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena .
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos The Void
The story is the basis of an earlier opera, Il pomo d'oro, in a prologue and five acts by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti, with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra (1611–1668). Aphrodite taunts Hera and Athena with the Apple, relief in the Achilleion, Corfu.
After this point, Romans adopted Aphrodite's iconography and myths and applied them to Venus. [91] Because Aphrodite was the mother of the Trojan hero Aeneas in Greek mythology [91] and the Roman tradition claimed Aeneas as the founder of Rome, [91] Venus became venerated as Venus Genetrix, the mother of the entire Roman nation. [91]
In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus (/ h ər ˌ m æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t ə s / ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος, romanized: Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰródi:tos]) was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably beautiful boy whom the naiad Salmacis attempted to rape and prayed to be united with forever.
The earth-born son was sired by Hephaestus, whose semen Athena wiped from her thigh with a fillet of wool cast to earth, by which Gaia was made pregnant. In the contest for patronage of Athens between Poseidon and Athena, the salt spring on the Acropolis where Poseidon's trident struck was known as the sea of Erechtheus .
The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze.Athena's name probably comes from the name of the city of Athens. [4] [5]Athena is associated with the city of Athens. [4] [6] The name of the city in ancient Greek is Ἀθῆναι (Athȇnai), a plural toponym, designating the place where—according to myth—she presided over the Athenai, a sisterhood devoted to her worship. [5]