Hephaistos
deity figure · 2 works · 17 mentions · 42 anchored passages
King Hephaistos · Crook-foot · Hephaistos the smith · clubfooted son · cunning Hephaistos · far-famed lame god · lord Hephaistos · the cunning workman · the god · the lame god
in the texts
Iliad
Craftsman god who pacifies Hera's quarrel with Zeus and recounts his own past punishment of being flung from heaven.
Then Hephaistos drew sweet nectar from the mixing-bowl, and served it round among the gods, going from left to right;
But the heavenly beings were disquieted throughout the house of Zeus, till the cunning workman Hephaistos began to try and pacify his mother Hera.
But when the sun's glorious light had faded, they went home to bed, each in his own abode, which lame Hephaistos with his consummate skill had fashioned for them.
Odyssey
God of the forge and craftsmanship, credited with teaching fine metalwork and with fashioning the immortal watch-dogs of Alkinoos's palace.
On either side there stood gold and silver mastiffs which Hephaistos, with his consummate skill, had fashioned expressly to keep watch over the palace of king Alkinoos;
she poured down gracefulness [ kharis] over his head and shoulders as a skillful workman who has studied art of all kinds under Hephaistos and Athena enriches a piece of silver plate by gilding it - and his work is full of beauty.
"Do not," replied Hephaistos, "ask me to do this;