



Hephaestus is probably associated with the Linear B ( Mycenaean Greek) inscription 𐀀𐀞𐀂𐀴𐀍, A-pa-i-ti-jo, found at Knossos. Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. Īs a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances (in which case his lameness would have been the result of his fall rather than the reason for it). In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child. Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is Vulcan. Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire (compare, however, with Hestia), and volcanoes. Hephaestus ( / h ɪ ˈ f iː s t ə s, h ɪ ˈ f ɛ s t ə s/ eight spellings Greek: Ἥφαιστος, translit.
