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Hephaestus

[hi-fes-tuhs]

noun

  1. the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan.



Hephaestus

/ hɪˈfaɪstɒs, hɪˈfiːstəs /

noun

  1. Roman counterpart: Vulcan.Greek myth the lame god of fire and metal-working

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Hephaestus

  1. The Greek name of Vulcan, the Greek and Roman god of fire and metalworking.

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Her power was more ancient than that of Hephaestus, or Athena, or even Zeus.

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“Only wait until morning,” she said, “and you will not go unarmed to battle. I will bring you arms fashioned by the divine armorer, the god Hephaestus himself.”

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In a slow-burn buildup of character conflict and self-discovery, Eiffel and the Hephaestus crew find themselves in a proper space opera full of drama, suspense and a bit of psychological horror.

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Workshops are at least as old as Hephaestus, but Edison’s was the world’s first research-and-development facility—a model that would later be adopted by governments, universities, and rival corporations.

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Perseus enlists the aid of Queen Andromeda, Hephaestus and Poseidon’s son to rescue Zeus from the underworld, defeat the Titans and save mankind.

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