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Page 271
... Hephaestus . A god of fire and metalworking . Hephaestus , whom the Ro270 mans identified with their fire - god Vulcan ( also called Mulciber ) , was a son of Zeus and Hera , or of Hera alone . According to the latter view , Hera bore ...
... Hephaestus . A god of fire and metalworking . Hephaestus , whom the Ro270 mans identified with their fire - god Vulcan ( also called Mulciber ) , was a son of Zeus and Hera , or of Hera alone . According to the latter view , Hera bore ...
Page 273
... Hephaestus was pitted against the river Scamander , which he temporarily dried up with a great flame in order to rescue Achilles from drowning . Most scholars agree that Hephaestus was originally an Asian god . Although he was one of ...
... Hephaestus was pitted against the river Scamander , which he temporarily dried up with a great flame in order to rescue Achilles from drowning . Most scholars agree that Hephaestus was originally an Asian god . Although he was one of ...
Page 523
... Hephaestus . He became enraged when Achilles filled his waters with Trojan corpses after the death of Patroclus . Scamander flooded the plain and Achilles would have drowned , in spite of the moral support of Athena and Poseidon , had ...
... Hephaestus . He became enraged when Achilles filled his waters with Trojan corpses after the death of Patroclus . Scamander flooded the plain and Achilles would have drowned , in spite of the moral support of Athena and Poseidon , had ...
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