When the sun god, Helius, informed Hephaestus of what his wife did while he was away, Hephaestus came up with a plan to catch the two in the act. He built a golden net which was so fine that it was invisible and set it up above his bed. He then told his wife that he was taking a trip to Lemnos to visit his forge and hid. Soon, Aphrodite and Ares were in the bed together and the net fell upon them, trapping them right where they were.
Hephaestus came in with all the other Olympians to jeer at the lovers, who were caught in flagrante delicto in a blazing crime. With this depiction of their relationship in mind, it was unsurprising that Hephaestus and Aphrodite had no children together. Although Hephaestus was not desired as his brethren gods were, he did reproduce.
With Aglaea, one of the three Graces, he had four children: Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme, and Philophrosyne, all characters with little impact in Greek mythology. With Aetna, a nymph who lived near Mt. Aetna or Etna on Sicily, Hephaestus sired the twins known as the Palici. Both were chthonic deities who were thought to live beneath sulphurous geysers on the Palagonian plain. He lurked on the roads near Athens, robbing travelers until the mortal hero Theseus slayed him.
Among the children Hephaestus had with unknown women was Palaemonius, one of the Argonauts. Finally, in one well-known myth, Hephaestus was said to have accidentally fathered a child with the mother goddess, Gaia. It began when Hephaestus first took an interest in Athena. Hephaestus and Athena, incidentally, were often viewed as counterpart deities. Both were creators and benefactors who brought the gifts of wisdom and knowledge Athena , and creativity and craft Hephaestus to humankind.
According to the version told by Pseudo-Apollodorus, Hephaestus attempted to rape Athena, but she eluded him just as he was about to consummate the act, causing him to ejaculate on the ground. His spilled semen impregnated Gaia, and out of the earth sprang Erichthonius, a prince raised by Athena who would become an early ruler of Athens.
While Zeus gave his blessing to Hephaestus, Athena remained reluctant. In the marriage bed, when Hephaestus was about to consummate the marriage, Athena lost her nerve and fled, causing Hephaestus to ejaculate upon the earth. A central aspect of the Hephaestus mythos—and one often depicted in art both ancient and modern—was his expulsion from Olympus, as well as his eventual return.
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It does not store any personal data. Functional Functional. To help his lameness he made, according to Homer, two golden maidens, with the power of motion, to lean upon when he walked. He was much worshipped in Lemnos, where there was an annual festival in his honour All fires were put out for nine days, during which rites of atonement and purification were performed.
Then fresh fire was brought on a sacred ship from Delos, the fires were kindled again, and a new life, as the saying went, began. In October the smiths and smelters celebrated the Chalkeia , a feast of metal-workers, in his honour and that of Athene; at the Apaturia sacrifices were offered to him, among other gods, as the giver of fire, and torches were kindled, and hymns were sung; at the Hephaestia, finally, there was a torch-race in his honour.
In works of art he is represented as a vigorous man with a beard, equipped, like a smith, with hammer and tongs; his left leg is shortened, to show his lameness see engraving.
Bronze statue in British Museum. Timeline : Launch Interactive Timeline. Pictures and Media.
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