Hephaestus

He followed their sound until he came to Hephaestus's forge, where Hephaestus took pity on Orion and let a Cyclops boy come with him to show him the way to the sun. The Cyclops led Orion across the water to the rising sun, where his eyesight was restored by the magical healing rays. Immediately, Orion rushed to the island…

Theseus begins his long, perilous journey towards the great kingdom of Athens. Along the way, Theseus encounters a series of obstacles, which mark the beginning of his achievements. In the beginning, Theseus stumbles upon the enemy, Periphetes, son of Hephaestus. This villain would kill passing travelers with an iron cudgel. Through acts of strength and justice, Theseus easily kills Periphetes with his iron cudgel. On his everlasting journey, Theseus arrives at the Skkironides Rocks to be…

SYNOPSIS Teen Aphrodite, the Goddess of love, is self-centered and believes everyone should love her. Hera, Aphrodite’s stepmother and the Goddess of Marriage, tells Aphrodite that she has arranged for her to marry the ugliest God named Hephaestus, a blacksmith. Hephaestus is the son that Hera threw away and was raised by a Sea Nymph. When Aphrodite refuses and disobeys her father Zeus, he hurls her off the balcony, ripping off her Golden Belt that magically makes her beautiful. Aphrodite lands…

troubles on me” (lines 267-69). Prometheus acknowledges that he acted in contravention to the will of Zeus. While chaining Prometheus’ to the mountain, Hephaestus remarks “Such is the reward you reap for your man-loving disposition. / For you, a God, feared not the anger of the Gods, but gave honours to / mortals beyond what was just” (28-30). Hephaestus is the first of Prometheus’ visitors to explain that he is being punished for hubris, for acting against the will of Zeus. Later, Oceanus…

After taking the quiz on which Greek God or Goddess I am Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the most famous Goddess. She was the Goddess of beauty and love, but she was also a famous figure of Greek mythology. Since she was the one goddess that was wanted by nearly all of the Greek gods. Aphrodite was one of many gods on Mt. Olympus, but she was actually one of the most powerful goddess out of all of the others. When she was born she came out of the sea where she arose full-grown. There were many myths of…

An example of this would be in the myth of Ares and Aphrodite when they were trapped in the bed of Hephaestus. After all the gods have been summoned to see the adultery and laughing at it, Poseidon convinced Hephaestus to let Ares go, in spite of what had been done. Another time that Poseidon was being helpful, was when he saved Ajax from the sea after previously cracking his boat in half. This was due to Ajax…

Scylla, Kratos, Bia, Zelus, Nike, Lacus, and Fontes. Kratos was the personification of power and strength. three of his other siblings - Zelus, Bia, and Nike - were enforcers of Zeus, along with Hephaestus. Kratos managed to capture Prometheus and Imprison him at the top of the Caucasus in order to punish him for his actions against Zeus. Scylla lived in a small channel right next to Charybdis. The channel was very small, so it was impossible to avoid…

The use of robots, programmed machines capable of automatically carrying out a specific series of tasks, was once only a foreseeable reality if you were a strong believer in science fiction novels. Now, the implementation of robots to complete tasks that were once only done by humans is now a reality. Presently, robots serve in many different aspects of society and their influence is predicted to increase indefinitely. Regardless of one’s viewpoint about the use of robots and what a robots’ role…

Encyclopedia). Even when Prometheus was rendered useless to help the humans due to his imprisonment, Zeus continued to punish the humans, and in turn Prometheus. This time Zeus did it indirectly through an elaborate plan. Zeus enlisted the help of Hephaestus to create a woman out of clay, whom the winds breathed life into. Many gods gave her gifts of personality and physical characteristics. One critical gift given to Pandora, meaning “all-gifted”, was curiosity (“Prometheus” Myths…

A Hope for the Future Do victims of society really wish for peace on earth and good will to all men; or would they rather forcefully take away from others and crown themselves a king in their own right? Homer presents a fantastic abstract on this subject through an artistic medium, the shield of Achilles, in book 18 of The Iliad. He creates a prognostication; depicting an entire world and the activities of its inhabitants. This predicted evolution contemplates the future of how justice and…