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an image of a man and woman dressed in ancient greek costumes, one holding the other's arm

In greek mythology a story tells of how the blacksmith god Hephaestus once tried but failed to rape his half-sister and goddess of war and wisdom Athena. The goddess, once went to the workshop of the smith god, as she wanted to make some weapons. Hephaestus, who was deserted by his wife, Aphrodite (goddess of sexual love and beauty), and instigated by Poseidon, who didn't like Athena for losing the patronage of the city of Athens to her, he then convinced Hephaestus that she was interested…

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an old man sitting on top of a pile of rubble holding a large axula

Hephaestus is the greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. His roman counterpart is Vulcan. In greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother because of his deformity or, in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances. As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus.

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an image of a man and woman dressed in ancient greek costumes, standing next to each other

Description In addition to the big picture that will show all of the Gods of Ancient Greece I drew, I’ll first submit five special pictures of the married godly couples, featuring two extra goddesses. Four: Hephaestus, the blacksmith god of fire, and Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. Prints and other nice stuff available here: …

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