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| == "Siblings" indeed== | |||
| I deleted a clownish random list of "siblings" that are ''linked in no myth with Hephaestus'' but are simply other children of ]. Listmakers (a disinfobox is just a pretentious type of listing) are unaware of misleading runaway "listings". Aphrodite, as daughter of Cronus, might be "listed" as Hera's "aunt" and thus as Hephaestus' great aunt, which would make Eros his first cousin once removed: silliness knows no boundaries. Responsible editors stick, therefore, to texts—— in which no "siblings" of Hephaestus appear. --] (]) 10:36, 19 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Though ''Hephaestus'' has been co-opted recently for a "smart" wheelchair system, I wish there were a reference to some Greek literary or pictorial source for: | |||
| ::''In some myths, Hephaestus built himself a "wheeled chair" or chariot with which to move around, thus helping him overcome his lameness while showing the other gods his skill.'' (reference given: Jay Dolmage, "'Breathe Upon Us an Even Flame': Hephaestus, History, and the Body of Rhetoric," ''Rhetoric Review'' Vol. 25, No. 2 (2006), 119-140. 120.). | |||
| :Has anyone seen an image of Hephaestus in a wheeled chair? --] (]) 01:05, 9 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::The cited article in fact has such an image, captioned: "Figure 1: Hephaestus on a winged throne. Red figure cup by the Ambrosius Painter. Attic, ca. 510 BCE. Late Archaic. Inv. F. 2273. Destroyed in WWII. Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany." The article says of it: "In Figure 1, Hephaestus appears “able-bodied,” yet he rides a proto-wheelchair, a chariot with wings. ... In Figure 1, because he holds his tools and he rides a chariot that he has crafted, his abilities as an artisan are also depicted, and these skills are valued." Do we believe that this can reasonably be interpreted as a "proto-wheelchair" rather than, say, a "proto-ornithopter"? I don't know -- it would be nice to have confirmation from, say, a classical archaeologist or art historian rather than an . --] (]) 03:06, 9 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::Good call! I can't get the image through JSTOR. A winged throne is not a wheeled chair unless it has wheels: a winged chariot. Were the wheels depicted on the Ambrosius Painter cup? Then I'd be satisfied: often vase-painters followed parallel traditions, not represented by poets.--] (]) 20:19, 10 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| Interesting. | |||
| ] (]) 17:21, 19 May 2020 (UTC) | |||
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the Lame Smith in Pop culture
Should we make a section on that? especially since he was one of the main story driving characters in God of War 3-71.198.56.19 (talk) 05:36, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Question and comment
I shuffled some sections for a better sequence (epithets, mythology, symbolism) and created a section out of another one (comparative mythology from symbolism). I add a question and a comment.
1. "In one version of the myth, Prometheus stole the fire that he gave to man from Hephaestus's forge."
What's the source?
2. "There is a Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, the Hephaesteum (miscalled the "Theseum"), located near the agora, or marketplace. An Athenian founding myth tells that the city's patron godess, Athena, refused a union with Hephaestus because of his unsightly appearance and crippled nature, and that when he became angry and forceful with her, she disappeared from the bed. His ejaculation landed on the earth, impregnating Gaia, who subsequently gave birth to Erichthonius of Athens"
This is not consistent with the article on Erechtheus.
ICE77 (talk) 07:12, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Etymology
In a Linear B inscription appears the name a-pa-i-ti-jo who is probably Hephaistos or "Haphaistios" The name seems to be related with the Minoan city Phaistos but I admit that it is unsourced. I took into account that in the well-known genealogical tree of Kinaithon ( Pausan. VIII 53,5) Malten interpreted rightly "Phaistos" instead of "Hephaistos". (Some other translators interpreted "Hephaistos"). In Linear A the name for Phaistos is Pa-i-to. Jestmoon jest 22:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
- Chadwick (1976), The Mycenaean world p.99
- F.Schachermeyer (1964). Die Minoische Kultur des alten Kreta p.304
Creator god?
Is he not the Creator god of the earth and all nature in ancient Greek religion? He was equated with Ptah so this only seems logical to include that in this article. 174.4.163.53 (talk) 09:33, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Definitely not. Pretty sure the creator god/goddess is Gaia. Maybe Rhea, but I think it's Gaia. Dragonlover21 (talk) 17:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The creator God is Cronos because he created time/ existence. Before him the world was "timeless."--Mr. 123453334 (talk) 01:08, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
Parentage subsection
I rewrote most of the subsection on the parentage so each available classical source I could find can be compared, avoiding confusion and contradictions. Sources and links for each are provided (Hesiod, Homer (2) and Pseudo-Apollodorus).
ICE77 (talk) 08:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
A suggestion for improving this article
This article is written and organized as though Hephaestus is an actual living-and-breathing character. It’s written like it’s an article on a person or on a zebra. In that way, it isn’t as much help as it could be to those who are interested in studying the myths and the literature. The important sources tend to be confined to footnotes, or sometimes fragmentary, or scattered about or jumbled together. I think the article would be improved if it had a section on Hephaestus in Hesiod, and another section on Hephaestus in The Iliad, etc. Another illustration of this same problem is that if a reader wants to find out about Hephaestus — as he plays an important role in Aeschylus — you have to read the entire article just to find out whether Aeschylus is included or not.GümsGrammatiçus (talk) 15:25, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
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