CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 271
... Hephaestus , whom the Ro- 270 HEPHAESTUS 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 He- phaestus parthenogenetically ...
... Hephaestus , whom the Ro- 270 HEPHAESTUS 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 He- phaestus parthenogenetically ...
Page 273
... Hephaestus was pit- ted 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 . Al- though he was one ...
... Hephaestus was pit- ted 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 . Al- though he was one ...
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... Hephaestus . He became enraged when Achilles filled his waters with Tro- jan corpses after the death of Patroclus . Scamander flooded the plain and Achilles would have drowned , in spite of the moral support of Athena and Po- seidon ...
... Hephaestus . He became enraged when Achilles filled his waters with Tro- jan corpses after the death of Patroclus . Scamander flooded the plain and Achilles would have drowned , in spite of the moral support of Athena and Po- seidon ...
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