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Hephaestus

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Word	Definition
hephaistosnoun	(chiefly academic) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]

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hephaistosnoun	(chiefly academic) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
hephaestosnoun	Alternative spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
hephestusnoun	(US) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
hephæstusnoun	Archaic spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
hephaistusnoun	(chiefly academic) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
hephestosnoun	(US) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
hephæstosnoun	Archaic spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
vulcannoun	(Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.
volcanusnoun	(Roman mythology) Synonym of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork.
hestianoun	(Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
vestanoun	(Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
hermesnoun	(Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
prometheusnoun	(Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
hellennoun	A surname.
hephaesteumnoun	The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.
heranoun	(Greek mythology) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.
hemeranoun	(Greek mythology) The personification and elemental goddess of the day. Her husband is Aether.
himerosnoun	(Greek mythology) The Greek god of uncontrollable desire, often depicted as a winged child attendant to Aphrodite.
hectornoun	(transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
hadesnoun	(Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.