- Information
- Olympian god
- Possibly the same as
- 👤 Phaistos (Cretan)
- Son of
- 👤 Hera 👤 Zeus 👤 Talos (Cretan II)
- Father of
- 👤 Erichthonios (Athenian) 👤 Palaimon (Argonaut) 👤 Periphetes (Epidaurian) 👤 Rhadamanthys 👥 the Cabeiroi 👤 Ardalos 👤 Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) 👤 Camillos
- Husband of
- 👤 Aglaia (Charis) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Charis
- Has children with
- 👤 Anticleia (Epidaurian) 👤 Athena 👤 Atthis 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Leucippe (Egyptian) 👤 Cabeiro
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Olympian Gods
- Divine patron of
- 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Lemnos (island) 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)
- Creates
- 👤 Pandora (first woman) 🏺 the Scepter of Agamemnon 🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia 🏺 the Robe of Harmonia 🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🏺 the Bronze Rattle 🏺 the Aegis 🏛️ the Palaces of the Gods (Olympos) 🏺 the Breastplate of Diomedes 🏺 the Automatic Tripods of Hephaistos 🏺 the Golden Attendants of Hephaistos 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Golden Amphora of Thetis 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 🏺 the Golden Trap Throne 🏛️ the Third (Mythical) Temple of Apollo at Delphi 🏺 the Chest of Dardanos 🏺 the Bronze Bowl of Telephos 🏺 the Gold and Silver Dogs of Alcinoos 🏺 the Silver Bowl of Phaidimos 🏺 the Shield of Heracles 🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos) 🏺 the Chains of Hephaistos 🏺 the Chariot of Helios 🏺 the Golden Vine 🏺 the Sting Ray Spear of Telegonos 🏺 the Armour of Memnon 🏺 the Necklace of Europe 🏺 the Golden Charmers 🏛️ the Palace of Helios
- Kills
- 👤 Mimas (giant)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Lemnos (island) 🌍 Memphis (Egypt) 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios at Olympia 🌍 the Sanctuary of Hephaistos at Memphis (Egypt)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos
- Related Entities
- 👤 Achilles 👤 Adrasteia 👤 Aglaia (Charis) 👤 Aietes 👤 Alcinoos 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Anticleia (Epidaurian) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Ariadne 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Atthis 👤 Bia 👤 Brontes 👤 Cadmos 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👥 the Charites 👤 Cheiron (centaur) 👤 Circe 👤 Cleio (Muse) 👤 Cratos 👤 Demeter 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Dionysos 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Eileithyia 👤 Erato (Muse) 👤 Erichthonios (Athenian) 👤 Eurynome (Oceanid) 👤 Euterpe 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Ouranos 👤 Poseidon 👤 Tethys 👤 Zeus 👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros) 👥 the Giants 👤 Hebe 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Iris 👤 Ixion (Lapith) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Naxos (island) 🌍 Lemnos (island) 👤 Typhon 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Orion (hunter) 👤 Ourania (Muse) 👤 Palaimon (Argonaut) 👤 Pandora (first woman) 👤 Pandrosos 👤 Peleus 👥 the Horai 👥 the Muses 👤 Periphetes (Epidaurian) 👤 Persephone 👤 Phorcos 👤 Polymnia 👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer) 👤 Leto 👤 Lycaon (Trojan) 👤 Maia 👤 Melpomene 👤 Mimas (giant) 👤 Minos 👥 the Moirai 👥 the Nereids 👤 Nereus 👤 Oinopion 👤 Rhadamanthys 👤 Scamandros (river god) 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👤 Talos (Cretan I) 👤 Telemachos 👤 Terpsichore 👤 Thaleia (Muse) 👤 Thetis 🏺 the Scepter of Agamemnon 🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Mount Olympos) 🏺 the Breastplate of Heracles 👥 the Cattle of Geryon 🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia 🏺 the Robe of Harmonia 🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) 👤 Helios 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🌍 River Scamandros (Troad) 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 Colophon (Ionia) 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Memphis (Egypt) 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Attica 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) 🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) 🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice) 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 👥 the Bronze-Footed Bulls of Aietes 🏺 the Bronze Rattle 👤 the Caucasian Eagle 👤 Cedalion 🏺 the Aegis 👥 the Sintians 🏛️ the Palaces of the Gods (Olympos) 👤 Dares 👤 Momos 👤 Perseis (Oceanid) 👥 the Olympian Gods 👥 the Cabeiroi 👤 Idaios (Trojan I) 🏺 the Breastplate of Diomedes 👤 Peitho (personification) 🏺 the Automatic Tripods of Hephaistos 👤 Charis 🏺 the Golden Attendants of Hephaistos 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Head of Zeus 🏛️ the Wall of Heracles (Troy) 🏺 the Golden Amphora of Thetis 👤 Ardalos 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 👥 the Dactyloi 🏺 the Golden Trap Throne 👤 Talos (Cretan II) 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Areios at Olympia 🏛️ the Third (Mythical) Temple of Apollo at Delphi 🏺 the Chest of Dardanos 🏺 the Bronze Bowl of Telephos 🏺 the Gold and Silver Dogs of Alcinoos 🏺 the Silver Bowl of Phaidimos 🏺 the Crown of Ariadne 🏺 the Greaves of Heracles 🏺 the Shield of Heracles 👥 the Satyrs 👤 Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) 🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos) 🏺 the Chains of Hephaistos 🏺 the Chariot of Helios 🏺 the Golden Vine 🏺 the Sting Ray Spear of Telegonos 🏺 the Armour of Memnon 👤 Celmis 👤 Damnameneus 👤 Acmon (Dactyl) ⏳ the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis 👤 Euanthe (m. of Charites) 👤 Alectryon 👤 Onnes (Cabeiros) 👤 Tottes 🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Sicily) 👤 Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) 👤 Leucippe (Egyptian) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Hephaistos at Memphis (Egypt) 🏺 the Necklace of Europe 🏺 the Wheel of Ixion 🏺 the Golden Snow of Zeus 🏺 the Golden Charmers 🏛️ the Palace of Helios 👤 Camillos 👤 Cabeiro 👤 Ocyrhoe (d. of Cheiron) 🌍 the Forum of Hephaestus (Italy) 🌍 Asbystai (N. Africa) 👤 Polytechnos
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.9 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.11 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10 📖 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 3.4.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.16.1 📖 Hesiod, Works & Days 42-89 📖 Pausanias 1.2.6 📖 Pausanias 3.18.13 📖 Pausanias 3.18.16 📖 Pausanias 1.14.6 📖 Pausanias 1.20.3 📖 Pausanias 8.41.5 📖 Pausanias 2.1.4 📖 Pausanias 8.16.3 📖 Pausanias 2.31.3 📖 Pausanias 5.11.8 📖 Pausanias 7.19.6 📖 Pausanias 8.53.5 📖 Homer, Odyssey 7.81-7.111 📖 Homer, Odyssey 8.251-8.367 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.609-4.624 📖 Homer, Odyssey 15.99-15.129 📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97 📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 300-355 📖 Euripides, Cyclops 590-607 📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 122-138 📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 216-237 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 214-229 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.100-2.108 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.571-1.596 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.592-1.594 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.605-1.608 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.9-5.11 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.20-5.24 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.306-15.311 📖 Homer, Iliad 8.184-8.197 📖 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 20.31-20.40 📖 Homer, Iliad 20.51-20.74 📖 Homer, Iliad 20.144-20.153 📖 Homer, Iliad 21.324-21.382 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 520-530 📖 Pausanias 3.17.2-3.17.3 📖 Pausanias 5.19.7-5.19.10 📖 Pausanias 10.5.11-10.5.12 📖 Pausanias 9.35.1-9.35.7 📖 Pausanias 9.41.1-9.41.5 📖 Pausanias 9.40.11-9.40.12 📖 Pausanias 5.14.4-5.14.10 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 570-616 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 924-929 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 945-946 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 90 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 99 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 150 Most 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1-87 📖 Homeric Hymn 20 to Hephaistos 1-8 📖 Hesiod fr. 294 Most 📖 Cypria fr. 4 West 📖 Little Iliad fr. 6 West 📖 Telegony fr. 5 West 📖 Aithiopis Argumentum 2 West 📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 3 West 📖 Danais fr. 2 West 📖 Phoronis fr. 2 West 📖 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 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 Sea-Gods 10.1-10.2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Astrology 22 📖 Lucian, Prometheus 1-4 📖 Lucian, Prometheus 5 📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 5 📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 6 📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 7 📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 8 📖 Lucian, Zeus Catechized 8 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 70-90 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 41-86 📖 Lucian, The Hall 27 📖 Lucian, The Hall 29 📖 Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock 3 📖 Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors 1 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 37 Harder 📖 Lucian, The Dance 13 📖 Lucian, The Dance 39 📖 Lucian, The Dance 63 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 113e Harder 📖 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 20 📖 Pindar, Olympian 7 27-53 📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 13 📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 6 📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16 📖 Pindar fr. 34 Snell-Maehler 📖 Pindar fr. 52i Snell-Maehler 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.590 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.547 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.721 📖 Ovid, Ibis 405-406 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.1-2.30 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.31-2.110 📖 Strabo 10.3.21 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.708-2.832 📖 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.167-4.189 📖 Ovid, Amores 1.9 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.17 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 16.140 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 23.91 📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.281-4.356 📖 Callimachus, Iambi 12 = fr. 202-202a Pfeiffer 📖 Callimachus, Lyric Poems fr. 228 Pfeiffer 📖 Diodoros, Library 6.4.1 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 11 📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 70-73 Hollis = fr. 260 Pfeiffer 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 28 📖 Callimachus fr. 725h Pfeiffer 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.238-13.295 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.296-13.349 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.425-452 ⚒️ Hymn to Apollo by Athenaios at the Athenian Treasury at Delphi (Delphi 517; PHI 238500; PHI 239433)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Dionysios, Periegesis Hesiod, Theogony Homer, Odyssey Cypria Hesiod, Works & Days Euripides, Trojan Women Little Iliad Telegony Pausanias Pindar Hesiod Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Euripides, Cyclops Hesiod, Shield of Heracles Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Homeric Hymn 20 to Hephaistos Aithiopis Panyassis, Heracleia Danais Phoronis Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods Lucian, Astrology Lucian, Prometheus Lucian, On Sacrifices Lucian, Zeus Catechized Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Lucian, The Hall Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors Lucian, The Dance Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects Pindar, Olympian 7 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Pindar, Pythian 1 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Amores Vergil, Georgics Callimachus, Iambi Callimachus, Lyric Poems Callimachus, Hecale
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.609-4.624 📖 Homer, Odyssey 15.99-15.129 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.100-2.108 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.571-1.596 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.592-1.594 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.368-18.387 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.388-18.409 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.468-18.608 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.590-18.606 📖 Cinaithon fr. 1 West 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 89 Fowler 📖 Pindar fr. 52i Snell-Maehler 📖 Euphorion fr. 164 Lightfoot 📖 Acousilaos fr. 20 Fowler 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 48 Fowler 📖 Herodotos, Histories 3.37 📖 Cypria fr. 3 Davies 📖 Stesichoros fr. 234 Campbell 📖 Boios, Origins of Birds 📖 Pherecydes of Syros D12 📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 70-73 Hollis = fr. 260 Pfeiffer 📖 Nicander, Heteroeumena fr. 59 Gow-Scholfield
- Depictions
- 🎨 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) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Belly Amphora attributed to the Group E Painters (Logie 42.57; Beazley 350424; LIMC Eurytion II 37) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-b) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-p) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa degli Amorini Dorati VI 16, 7.38, Pompeii (PALP r6-i16-p7-space-g) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Meleagro VI 9, 2.13, Pompeii (MANN 8898, 9528, 9543; PALP r6-i9-p2-space-2) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Gavius Rufus VII 2, 16-17, Pompeii (PALP r7-i2-p16-space-t) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa delle Quadrighe VII 2, 25, Pompeii (MANN 8863, 9531; PALP r7-i2-p25-space-n) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 1, 7, Pompeii (MANN 9529; PALP r9-i1-p7-space-e) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Achille IX 5, 1-3, Pompeii (MANN 116085; PALP r9-i5-p2-space-u) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Criptoportico I 6, 2, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p2-space-17) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Sirico VII 1, 25.47, Pompeii (PALP r7-i1-p25-space-10) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Cup attributed to the Workshop of the Haimon Painter (Thessaloniki-Casts 78) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Cup attributed to the Leafless Group (Thessaloniki-Casts 80) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Ara Capitale IX 11, 1, Pompeii (PALP r9-i11-p1) 🎨 Limestone Metope from the Doric Temple, Triangular Forum, Pompeii (LIMC Ixion 4; PALP r8-i1-p4) 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Column Krater attributed to the Leningrad Painter (Cyclades 1117) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Epidius Sabinus IX 1, 22.29, Pompeii (PALP 9-i1-p22-space-n) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa delle Grazie VIII 3, 10-11, Pompeii (ADS 819; PALP r8-i3) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1890) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1975) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4982) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B7790) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B847; LIMC Astyanax 34a) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8402) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1911; LIMC Achilleus 862) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1637) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1011) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8069) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8368) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1876; LIMC Eileithyia 2c) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B973) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8364) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Delphi (Delphi B4479) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Hydria attributed to the school of Pamphaios (BM 1837,0609.35; LIMC Dionysos 556)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205) 🎨 Wall Painting of Dionysos and Hephaistos in the Sanctuary of Dionysos, Athens (LIMC Dionysos 570) 🎨 Cult Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Pheidias (LIMC Zeus 89) 🎨 Bronze Relief of Hephaistos and Hera in the Temple of Athena Poliouchos, Sparta (LIMC Hephaistos 128) 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219) 🏛️ the Hall (fictional)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Patrai (Achaia) 🌍 Patara (Lycia)