Lemnos
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Lemnos or Limnos is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The
Panorama of Myrina
Lemnos from space
Sand dunes
Landscape of Chortarolimni
Hephaestus
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Hephaestus is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture, and volcanoes. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Hera, either on her
Lemnos
…Ανεμόεσσα). The temperature is typically 2 to 5 degrees Celsius less than in Athens, especially in summertime. For ancient Greeks, the island was sacred to Hephaestus, god of metallurgy, who—as he tells himself in Iliad I.590ff—fell on Lemnos when Zeus hurled him headlong out of Olympus. There, he was cared for by…
Hephaestus (left) hands to Thetis the armour of Achilles. Berlin Foundry Cup, an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 500–490 BC
The Doric Temple of Hephaestus, Agora of Athens
Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus by Anthony van Dyck (1630–1632)
Vulcan Presenting the Arms of Achilles to Thetis by Peter Paul Rubens.