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Hephaestus Greek god slide show.
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Hephaestus
The god of the technology
Were He Was Born
• In Greek myth he was born by Hera on the peak of Mount Olympus But she was disgusted at having given birth to a crippled child and threw him down from the sky. He landed on the Greek island of Lemnos where he was nurtured by the goddesses of the sea. Later he was welcomed back to Olympus.
His parents
Zeus and Hera
Spouse
• Aphrodite
• She cheated on him with his brother Ares
But Then This Happened
• His hart was broke
• As if
Also called
DaidalosRoman name VULCAN
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Alternate Spellings
Hephestus, Hephestes, Hephaistos
Other Mates
• Antikleia • Cabeiro• Aetna• Thaleia
Children • Children: the Cabeiroi• Eukleia• Eupheme• Ocresia• The Palikoi• Philophrosyne• Thaleia• Ardalos• Erikhthonios• KaikalosKakos, Kerkyon, Olenos, Palaimonios, Periphetes, Philammon, Philottos, Pylios, Rhadamanthys, Servius Tullius, Spinther
Foster Parents
• The nymphs • Thetis and Eurynome
Hephaestus is usually one of the Olympians and is one of the canonical 12
When He died
• They cant die there gods so they still sit on mount Olympus
Brother And Sister
• Ares Hebe
Myths
• The revenge of Hephaestus on Hera.• She throw him off mount Olympus .
What he made
• The sliver bows and arrows of Apollo and Artemis.
• The golden chariot of Apollo• Achilles shield. • The spear of Athena.
Hephaestus also created…
• Hephaestus also created the first woman Pandora at the command of Zeus in retaliation for the various tricks by which the Titan Prometheus had benefited mortal men at the expense of the gods. Pandora was given to the Titans brother Epimetheus as his wife. For her dowry she brought a jar filled with evils from which she removed the lid thereby afflicting men for the first time with hard work and sickness. Only hope remained inside the jar.
The God Of
• Blacksmiths• Fire• Craftsmen• Artisans• Metals• Metallurgy
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Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. Accounts as to how he became lame vary. Some say that Hera. upset by having an ugly child. flung him from Mount Olympus into the sea breaking his legs. Others that he took Heras side in an agreement with Zeus and Zeus flung him off Mount Olympus. He is the smith and armorer of the gods. He is the patron god of both smiths and weavers. He is kind and peace loving. Sometimes his wife is identified as Aglaia.
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Hephaestus was the god of fire and is usually depicted as a blacksmith. Hephaestus was the only physically ugly god he was born deformed. Because of this Hera Hephaestus’s mother expelled him from the home of the gods Mount Olympus. The mountain was so big Hephaestus fell for a day and when he landed in the sea he was lame Nymphs rescued him and took him to the Island of Lemnos where the people cared for him. It was Lemnos where Hephaestus built his palace and forges. Hephaestus built the armor and weapons for the gods. By making lightning bolts for his father Zeus Hephaestus was rewarded with the hand in marriage of Aphrodite the goddess of love and the most beautiful goddess of them all.
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The Cyclopes were Hephaestus's assistants and workmen to get revenge on Hera for his rejection Hephaestus made a throne which was presented to her on Mount Olympus. When Hera sat in the throne it trapped her. The gods on Mount Olympus pleaded for Hephaestus to let her go, but Hephaestus refused. Dionysus gave Hephaestus wine and when he was intoxicated Dionysus took him back to Mount Olympus on a mule. This scene is a favorite in Greek art. Hephaestus wished to marry Athena but Athena turned him down.
Guess what • Bibliography• http://www.desy.de• http://www.ballpoint.org• Zack• http://ancienthistory.about.com
• First slide http://www.lookchem.com/country/GR/Greece.html • http://m.ctv.ca/galleries/images/undiscoveredbeaches120223.html • Second slide • http://www.chch.rbkc.sch.uk/what's%20new/Year5/FrontPage2010/gabrielle.htm • http://www.myspace.com/universalpagans/photos/34408679• Third slide• http://www.fanpop.com/spots/greek-gods-and-demigods/images/11318981/title/aphrodite-photo• Forth slide • http://www.fanpop.com/spots/greek-gods-and-demigods/images/11318981/title/aphrodite-photo• http://oilismastery.blogspot.ca/2009/02/celestial-events-in-time-of-iliad.html• Fifth slide• http://love.catchsmile.com/broken-heart-48/• Sixth slide• http://www.google.ca/imgres?start=140&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1366&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=0ugSO9HVJfE19M:&imgrefurl=http://
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