Associations to the word «Hephaestus»

Wiktionary

HEPHAESTUS, proper noun. (Greek god) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Dictionary definition

HEPHAESTUS, noun. (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope