Hephaestus

[ hi-fes-tuh s ]

/ hɪˈfɛs təs /

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

Example sentences from the Web for hephaestus

Faustus is likely derived from Hephaestus—a Faustian struggle is between good and evil.

Your Week: What the Stars Hold |Starsky + Cox |September 4, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
As a bronze-smith Hephaestus only makes the metal point of the weapon.

The World of Homer |Andrew Lang
Hephaestus to the River God, for the same reason that the sun is opposed to the sea.

Essays and Miscellanies |Plutarch
And entering the court they stood beneath the gallery of the chamber where the goddess prepared the couch of Hephaestus.

The Argonautica |Apollonius Rhodius

Ptah, the Hephaestus of the Greeks, a demiurgic and creative god, special patron of hand-workers and artisans.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 |Various
As for Hephaestus, the great ferocious tom, he was more like an insane tiger than a cat.

Simon the Jester |William J. Locke

Hephaestus

/ (hɪˈfiːstəs) /

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

Hephaestus

[ (hi-fes-tuhs, hi-fee-stuhs) ]

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