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Ἥφαιστος

hephaistos

Hephaestus

Appears 60 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

Ἥφαιστος (Aeol.and Dor. Ἄφ-( Ἅφ-) Sapph. 66, Pi. O. 7.35, etc.), ὁ, A. Hephaestus, Il. 18.391, etc.; ἔργον Ἡφαίστοιο, of a bowl, Od. 4.617; κνημῖδας ὀρειχάλκοιο . . Ἡφαίστου κλυτὰ δῶρα Hes. Sc. 123; φλογὶ Ἡφαίστοιο Il. 17.88, cf. Antim. 44; μὰ τὸν Ἥ. Com.Adesp. 17.35D. 2. = Lat. Volcanus, D.H. 2.54, Plu. 2.276b, App. BC 5.49, etc. 3. = Egypt. Plah, OGI 90.2 (Rosetta, ii B.C.). 4. Pythag. name for nine, Theol.Ar. 58. II. meton. for πῦρ, fire, Il. 2.426, Hom. Fr. 18, S. Ant. 123 (lyr.), 1007, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.315, al., D.S. 5.74, etc.
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