- Information
- Olympian god
- Possibly the same as
- 👤 Phaistos (Cretan)
- Son of
- 👤 Hera 👤 Talos (Cretan II) 👤 Zeus
- Father of
- 👤 Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) 👤 Ardalos 👤 Camillos 👤 Erichthonios (Athenian) 👤 Palaimon (Argonaut) 👤 Periphetes (Epidaurian) 👤 Rhadamanthys 👥 the Cabeiroi
- Husband of
- 👤 Aglaia (Charis) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Charis
- Has children with
- 👤 Aetna (Sicilian nymph)👤 Anticleia (Epidaurian) 👤 Athena 👤 Atthis 👤 Cabeiro 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Leucippe (Egyptian)
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Olympian Gods
- Divine patron of
- 🌍 Lemnos (island) 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy
- Creates
- 🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos)🏛️ the Palace of Helios 🏛️ the Palaces of the Gods (Olympos) 🏛️ the Third (Mythical) Temple of Apollo (Delphi) 🏺 the Aegis 🏺 the Armour of Memnon🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🏺 the Automatic Tripods of Hephaistos 🏺 the Breastplate of Diomedes🏺 the Bronze Bowl of Telephos 🏺 the Bronze Rattle 🏺 the Chains of Hephaistos 🏺 the Chariot of Helios🏺 the Chest of Dardanos 🏺 the Golden Amphora of Thetis 🏺 the Golden Attendants of Hephaistos 🏺 the Golden Charmers 🏺 the Golden Trap Throne 🏺 the Golden Vine 🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes🏺 the Necklace of Europe 🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia 🏺 the Robe of Harmonia 🏺 the Scepter of Agamemnon 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Heracles🏺 the Silver Bowl of Phaidimos🏺 the Sting Ray Spear of Telegonos🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 👤 Pandora (first woman) 👥 the Gold and Silver Dogs of Alcinoos
- Kills
- 👤 Mimas (giant)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Lemnos (island) 🌍 Memphis (Egypt) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Hephaistos (Memphis)🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Hephaistos (Athens)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 the Citadel of Sparta 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Dionysos (Athens) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Mount Olympos)🏛️ the Temple of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 💠 the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Belly Amphora attributed to the Group E Painters (Logie Collection 42.57; Beazley 350424; LIMC Eurytion II 37)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Theseus Painter (Cyclades ΝΓ 265; Beazley 351527; LIMC Gigantes 296)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Skyphos attributed to the CHC Group (Nicholson NM46.44)🖌️ Wall painting of the Twelve Gods r9-i11-p1 (P-LOD r9-i11-p1)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) 🌍 Attica 🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) 🌍 Lemnos (island) 🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 Memphis (Egypt) 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) 🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Naxos (island) 🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice) 🌍 Patara (Lycia) 🌍 Patrai (Achaia) 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 River Scamandros (Troad) 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Forum of Hephaestus (Italy) 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Sanctuary of Dionysos (Athens) 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios (Olympia) 🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Mount Olympos)🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Sicily) 🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos)🏛️ the Palace of Helios 🏛️ the Palaces of the Gods (Olympos) 🏛️ the Temple of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🏛️ the Third (Mythical) Temple of Apollo (Delphi) 🏛️ the Wall of Heracles (Troy) 🏺 the Aegis 🏺 the Armour of Memnon🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🏺 the Automatic Tripods of Hephaistos 🏺 the Breastplate of Diomedes🏺 the Breastplate of Heracles 🏺 the Bronze Bowl of Telephos 🏺 the Bronze Rattle 🏺 the Chains of Hephaistos 🏺 the Chariot of Helios🏺 the Chest of Dardanos 🏺 the Golden Amphora of Thetis 🏺 the Golden Attendants of Hephaistos 🏺 the Golden Charmers 🏺 the Golden Snow of Zeus 🏺 the Golden Trap Throne 🏺 the Golden Vine 🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes🏺 the Greaves of Heracles🏺 the Head of Zeus 🏺 the Necklace of Europe 🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia 🏺 the Robe of Harmonia 🏺 the Scepter of Agamemnon 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Heracles🏺 the Silver Bowl of Phaidimos🏺 the Sting Ray Spear of Telegonos🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 👤 Achilles 👤 Acmon 👤 Adrasteia 👤 Aglaia (Charis) 👤 Aietes 👤 Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) 👤 Alcinoos 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Anticleia (Epidaurian) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ardalos 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Atthis 👤 Bia 👤 Brontes 👤 Cabeiro 👤 Cadmos 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👤 Camillos 👤 Cedalion 👤 Celmis 👤 Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) 👤 Charis 👤 Cheiron (Centaur) 👤 Circe 👤 Cleio (Muse) 👤 Cratos 👤 Damnameneus 👤 Dares 👤 Demeter 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Dionysos 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Erato (Muse) 👤 Erichthonios (Athenian) 👤 Eurynome (Oceanid) 👤 Euterpe 👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros) 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hebe 👤 Helios 👤 Hera 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hestia 👤 Idaios (Trojan I) 👤 Iris 👤 Leto 👤 Leucippe (Egyptian) 👤 Maia 👤 Melpomene 👤 Mimas (giant) 👤 Minos 👤 Momos 👤 Nereus 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Oinopion 👤 Orion (hunter) 👤 Ourania (Muse) 👤 Ouranos 👤 Palaimon (Argonaut) 👤 Pandora (first woman) 👤 Peitho (personification) 👤 Peleus 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Periphetes (Epidaurian) 👤 Persephone 👤 Phorcos 👤 Polymnia 👤 Poseidon 👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer) 👤 Rhadamanthys 👤 Scamandros (river god) 👤 Talos (Cretan I) 👤 Talos (Cretan II) 👤 Telemachos 👤 Terpsichore 👤 Tethys 👤 Thaleia (Muse) 👤 Thetis 👤 Typhon 👤 Zeus 👤 the Caucasian Eagle 👥 the Bronze-Footed Bulls of Aietes 👥 the Cabeiroi 👥 the Cattle of Geryon 👥 the Charites 👥 the Dactyloi 👥 the Giants👥 the Gold and Silver Dogs of Alcinoos 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Horai 👥 the Moirai 👥 the Muses 👥 the Nereids 👥 the Olympian Gods👥 the Satyrs 👥 the Sintians 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Hephaistos (Athens) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 💠 the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia)
- Appears in
- 📜 Aithiopis Argumentum 2 West📜 Cypria fr. 4 West📜 Danais fr. 2 West📜 Homeric Hymn 20 to Hephaistos 1-8📜 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 300-355📜 Little Iliad fr. 6 West📜 Phoronis fr. 2 West📜 Telegony fr. 5 West📜 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1-87📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.9📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.6📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.4.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.4.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.6.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.16📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.23📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.26📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.11📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.6📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.6📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.16.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.2📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 41-86📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 70-90📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.590📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 16.140📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.547📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.721📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 23.91📜 Dionysios Periegetes 520-530📜 Euripides, Cyclops 590-607📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 214-229📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 150 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 90 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 99 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 122-138📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 216-237📜 Hesiod, Theogony 570-616📜 Hesiod, Theogony 924-929📜 Hesiod, Theogony 945-946📜 Hesiod, Works & Days 42-89📜 Hesiod fr. 294 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 1.571-1.596📜 Homer, Iliad 1.592-1.594📜 Homer, Iliad 1.605-1.608📜 Homer, Iliad 15.306-15.311📜 Homer, Iliad 18.368-18.409📜 Homer, Iliad 18.388-18.409📜 Homer, Iliad 18.410-18.427📜 Homer, Iliad 18.468-18.608📜 Homer, Iliad 18.609-18.613📜 Homer, Iliad 2.100-2.108📜 Homer, Iliad 20.144-20.153📜 Homer, Iliad 20.31-20.40📜 Homer, Iliad 20.51-20.74📜 Homer, Iliad 21.324-21.382📜 Homer, Iliad 5.20-5.24📜 Homer, Iliad 5.9-5.11📜 Homer, Iliad 8.184-8.197📜 Homer, Odyssey 15.99-15.129📜 Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.609-4.624📜 Homer, Odyssey 7.81-7.111📜 Homer, Odyssey 8.251-8.367📜 Lucian, Astrology 22📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 11.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 11.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 13 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 17.1 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 17.3 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 18.1 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 21 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 5.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 8.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 8.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 10.1-10.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 20📜 Lucian, The Dance 13📜 Lucian, The Dance 39📜 Lucian, The Dance 63📜 Ovid, Amores 1.9📜 Ovid, Amores 2.17📜 Ovid, Ibis 405-406📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.1-2.30📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.31-2.110📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.708-2.832📜 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 3 West📜 Pausanias 1.14.6📜 Pausanias 1.2.6📜 Pausanias 1.20.3📜 Pausanias 10.5.11-10.5.12📜 Pausanias 2.1.4📜 Pausanias 2.31.3📜 Pausanias 3.17.2-3.17.3📜 Pausanias 3.18.13📜 Pausanias 3.18.16📜 Pausanias 5.11.8📜 Pausanias 5.14.4-5.14.10📜 Pausanias 5.19.7-5.19.10📜 Pausanias 7.19.6📜 Pausanias 8.16.3📜 Pausanias 8.41.5📜 Pausanias 8.53.5📜 Pausanias 9.35.1-9.35.7📜 Pausanias 9.40.11-9.40.12📜 Pausanias 9.41.1-9.41.5📜 Pindar, Olympian 7 27-53📜 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📜 Pindar fr. 34 Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 52i Snell-Maehler📜 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 13📜 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 6📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16📜 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📜 Strabo 10.3.21📜 Vergil, Georgics 4.281-4.356
- Mentioned in Text
- Aithiopis Cypria Danais Homeric Hymn 20 to Hephaistos Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Little Iliad Phoronis TelegonyAeschylus, Prometheus BoundApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusD-Scholia, IliadDionysios PeriegetesEuripides, CyclopsEuripides, Trojan WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, TheogonyHesiod, Works & DaysHesiodHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, AstrologyLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the SectsLucian, The DanceOvid, AmoresOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesPanyassis, HeracleiaPausaniasPindar, Olympian 7Pindar, Pythian 1PindarPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPs-Lucian, The PatriotPs-Plutarch, On RiversStraboVergil, Georgics