Greek Myth XIX: Hymn to Hephaistos, or Don’t Blow Your Top

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Myth, The Greeks

We get a glimpse of Hephaistos in this Homeric Hymn #20.

The Hephaiston or Temple of Hephaistos in Athens
Image by Kuchma from Pixabay
Discussion Prompts
  1. AP Credit: Compare/contrast Hephaistos and Athena.
  2. The gifts of Hephaistos and Athena allow mankind to live in houses year-round. Do you think there was a time mankind only lived in houses part of the year? If so, why were they living in caves for part of the year?
  3. Who do you like better: Athena or Hephaistos? Why?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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