2) Hephaestus. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Hephaestus (hi-FES-tuhs, hi-FEE-stuhs) The Greek name of Vulcan, the Greek and Roman god of fire and metalworking. 1...

3) Hephaestus. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Greek Mythology The god of fire and metalworking....

4) Erichthonius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Erichthonius, (erektho´nes) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, son of Hephaestus and Athena, half man and half serpent. After his birth Athena concealed him in a chest that...

5) Vulcan. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Vulcan [Greek name Hephaestus] The Roman and Greek god of fire and metalworking; the blacksmith of the gods. He suffered bodily deformities and lameness. According...

6) 13660. Cooley, Mason. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:13660 QUOTATION:Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer. ATTRIBUTION:Mason...

7) 3089. Aeschylus. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:3089 QUOTATION:The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus. ATTRIBUTION:Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Prometheus Bound, l. 619....

8) Pandora, in Greek mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pandora, in Greek mythology, (pandor´), in Greek mythology, first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her as vengeance upon man and his benefactor,...

9) Hera. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Kronos and Rhea. She was the wife and sister of Zeus and the mother of Ares and Hephaestus. A jealous wife, she fought constantly with Zeus and plagued his mistresses...

10) Athena. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...he learned that any son she bore would overthrow him, so he swallowed her alive. Later Hephaestus split Zeus' skull with an ax, and out sprang Athena, fully armed....