The Divine Resume
He is the primary god of this high-temperature element.
What is fire?
This Queen of the Gods is his mother.
Who is Hera?
He forged these "bolts" used by Zeus to maintain order.
What are thunderbolts?
This is where his first smithy was.
What is an underwater grotto?
This heavy tool used for striking metal is his most common symbol.
What is a hammer?
He has great power in these body parts.
What are his arms and shoulders?
This goddess of Beauty is his wife.
Who is Aphrodite?
This hero wore armor forged by him during the Trojan War.
Who is Achilles?
This is the island that Hephaestus fell to after Zeus pushed him from Olympus a second time.
What is Lemnos?
He is often seen holding these, used to grip hot metal.
What are tongs?
He is the patron god of these craftsmen who work with metal.
What are blacksmiths?
This God of War is who Hephaestus caught doing nefarious deeds with his wife.
Who is Ares?
He owns a set of three-legged tables with these shiny things to wheel around.
What are golden wheels?
Metallurgy first reached Greece from this set of islands in the Mediterranean.
What are the Aegean Islands?
Often paired with his hammer, this heavy iron block is where Hephaestus shapes his divine creations.
What is an anvil?
He was dropped from this mountain as a baby.
What is Mt. Olympus?
Hephaestus shares a temple in Athens with this goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
What are brooches?
Hephaestus’s forge was often said to be located underneath these fire-spewing mountains.
What are volcanoes?
This sharp tool was the "surgical instrument" Hephaestus used to split Zeus's skull to allow Athena to be born.
What is an Axe?
He made this person a brooch that his mother was obsessed with.
Who is Thetis?
In some myths, this is his father (aka the King of the Gods).
Who is Zeus?
Hephaestus made Achilles this piece of protection and was called "great and massive".
What is a shield?
This is the city in which he has a temple.
What is Athens?
is "Golden Handmaidens" were unique because they were actually the first mythological examples of these.
What are robots?