NOUN
- (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan
How To Use Hephaistos In A Sentence
- To dine in the golden hall fashioned by Hephaistos and sit alongside men such as Herakles, Ormenion, and the mighty Alektruon. Lord of the Silver Bow
- In ancient Greece, where a single word, techne, described every kind of handwork from painting to weaving to blacksmithing, a goddess, Athena, ran the show, except for the smithy where the gods ordered up their armor (and perhaps the shoes for Pegasus and Apollo's horses of the sun): that dark, dirty realm belonged to lame Hephaistos. Women Artists Win!
