Hephaestus

Hephaistos

The Olympian god of the forge.

Genealogy

Hera

Zeus

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Corinthus, Dardanus, Dike, Dionysus, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Helen, Hellen, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Ilithyia, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Pan, Pelasgus, Persephone, Perseus, Pollux, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Tityus, Urania, Zethus

Ardalus, Erichthonius, Palaemon, Periphetes

Group

Olympians

Places
  1. Lemnos
  2. Mount Olympus
  3. Mount Caucasus
  4. Myrtoan Sea
  5. Nowhere
  6. Plain of Eryx
  7. Triton
  8. Troy
  9. Unknown
  10. Xanthos
Events
  1. Hephaestus thrown out of heaven by Zeus
  2. Hephaestus lands from his fall from Olympus and hurts his legs
  3. Athena is born from Zeus’ forehead
  4. Poseidon prepares an underground house for Orion
  5. The war between the Olympians and the Giants begins
  6. Prometheus is bound to a mountain
  7. Hercules gets a breastplate from Hephaestus
  8. Hephaestus gives Athena bronze rattles for scaring away the Stymphalian birds
  9. Hercules entrusts Geryon’s herd to Hephaestus
  10. Athena goes to Hephaestus to ask for a new set of arms
  11. Hephaestus tries to rape Athena after she denies him
  12. Hephaestus’s ejaculate lands on Athena’s leg
  13. Erichthonius is born from Hephaestus’ ejaculate wiped from Athena’s leg
  14. Hephaestus falls in love with Athena after being refused by Aphrodite
  15. Hephaestus advises Hera to stop her quarrel with Zeus
  16. Hephaestus speaks of how Zeus threw him from Olympus
  17. Hephaestus’ attempt to cheer up Hera works and the goddess is pacified
  18. Hephaestus serves all of the Olympians nectar and they begin feasting
  19. Pelops is cleansed by Hephaestus
  20. The river Axius rushes at Achilles for killing its grandson but Hephaestus dries it up with fire
  21. Hephaestus saves Idaios from Diomedes by wrapping him in a cloud of darkness
  22. Thetis visits the house of Hephaestus, and begs him to make armour for Achilles
  23. Hephaestus forges a shield and armor for Achilles
  24. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus join the Achaean troops in battle
  25. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes and Hephaestus withdraw from the battle to the hill of Herakles
  26. Hera orders Hephaestus to distract Xanthus from his attack on Achilles
  27. Hephaestus starts fires on Xanthus’s banks
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.6
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.4
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.23
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.26
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.11
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.6
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.10
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.2
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.6
  15. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 16.1
  16. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.9
  17. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.7
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 570
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 595
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 605
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 100
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 9
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 23
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 184
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 166
  26. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 224
  27. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 329
  28. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 205
  29. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 306
  30. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 127
  31. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 138
  32. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 187
  33. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 368
  34. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 388
  35. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 428
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 462
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 468
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 587
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 614
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 1
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 12
  42. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 349
  43. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 369
  44. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 4
  45. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 31
  46. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 54
  47. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 259
  48. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 324
  49. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 342
  50. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 361
  51. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 377
  52. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 381
  53. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 306
  54. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 29
  55. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.6
  56. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.6
  57. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 20.3
  58. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 26.5
  59. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.4
  60. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 31.3
  61. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 17.3
  62. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.13
  63. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.16
  64. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 11.8
  65. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.6
  66. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.8
  67. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 19.6
  68. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 16.3
  69. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 41.5
  70. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 53.5
  71. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 29.7
  72. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 35.4
  73. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.11
  74. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.1
  75. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.2
  76. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.5
  77. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.12
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