Editing Hephaestus (section)

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According to most versions, Hephaestus's consort is Aphrodite. However, some sources say that Hephaestus is married to one of the [[Charites]]. In Book XVIII of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]'', the consort of Hephaestus is [[Charis (mythology)|Charis]], with whom he lives in a bronze-wrought home on Olympus.<ref name="auto" /> The same name, Charis, is used later in [[Lucian]]'s ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]''<ref>[[Lucian]], ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]'', [https://www.theoi.com/Text/LucianDialoguesGods1.html#17 Hermes and Apollo (II)]</ref> and [[Nonnus]]'s ''[[Dionysiaca]]''.<ref name="nonnus 29.317" /> However, [[Hesiod]] names the member of the Charites who is married to Hephaestus as [[Aglaia (Grace)|Aglaea]],<ref name=":hesd">Hesiod, ''[[Theogony]]'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D938 945]</ref> and the [[Orphic]] Fragments compiled by [[Otto Kern]] say that by Hephaestus, Aglaea became mother of [[Eucleia]], [[Eupheme (deity)|Eupheme]], [[Euthenia]], and [[Philophrosyne]].<ref name="orphic182">[[Orphic]] [https://archive.org/details/orphicorumfragme00orphuoft/page/212/mode/2up fr. 182 Kern, p. 213].</ref> Some scholars conclude that these references refer to the same goddess under different names,<ref>Bell, [https://archive.org/details/womenofclassical00bell/page/14/mode/2up?view=theater s.v. Aglaia (1), p. 15].</ref> although in the ''Dionysiaca'' both Aglaea and Charis appear as separate characters (Aglaea refers to Charis as a separate attendant of Aphrodite when speaking to [[Eros]]).<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' [https://topostext.org/work/529#33.51 33.51 ff.]</ref> [[Károly Kerényi]] notes that "charis" also means "the delightfulness of art" and supposes that Aphrodite is viewed as a work of art, speculating that Aphrodite could also have been called Charis as an alternative name, for in the ''Odyssey'' Homer suddenly makes her his wife.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerényi |first1=Karl |title=The gods of the Greeks |date=1974 |publisher=London : Thames and Hudson |page=94 |isbn=9780500270486 |url=https://archive.org/details/godsofgreeks00kerrich/page/72/mode/2up?q=charis |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref>

On the island of Lemnos, however, Hephaestus' consort was the sea [[nymph]] [[Cabeiro]], by whom he was the father of two metalworking gods named the [[Cabeiri]]. In Sicily, he had another consort, the nymph [[Aetna (nymph)|Aetna]], and their sons were two gods of Sicilian [[geysers]] called [[Palici]], who are elsewhere called the sons of [[Zeus]] by Aetna, or of Zeus by [[Thalia (nymph)|Thalia]] (another daughter of Hephaestus), or of [[Adranos]].<ref>Witczak and Zawiasa, pp. 55–57.</ref>

Like many male Greek gods, Hephaestus fathered several children with mortals and immortals alike. The following is a list of Hephaestus's offspring, by various mothers. Beside each offspring, the earliest source to record the parentage is given, along with the century to which the source (in some cases approximately) dates.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! scope="col" style="width: 100pt;" | Offspring
! scope="col" style="width: 95pt;" | Mother
! scope="col" style="width: 55pt;" | Source
! scope="col" style="width: 70pt;" | Date
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width: 10pt;" |
|-
| [[Eucleia]], [[Euthenia]], [[Eupheme (deity)|Eupheme]], [[Philophrosyne]]
| [[Aglaia (Grace)|Aglaea]]
| [[Orphic]] fr.
| data-sort-value=50 |
| <ref>West, p. 221; Orphic fr. 272 II Bernabé (pp. 230&ndash;231) [= [https://archive.org/details/orphicorumfragme00orphuoft/page/212/mode/2up fr. 182 Kern, p. 213]].</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Erichthonius of Athens|Erichthonius]]
| [[Gaia]]
| Hyg. ''[[Fabulae|Fab.]]''
| data-sort-value=17 | 1st cent. AD
| <ref>Kerenyi, p. 123; Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#166 166]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.6 1.2.6]; ''[[Pauly-Wissowa|RE]]'', [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/RE:Erichthonios_2 Erichthonius (2)].</ref>
|-
| [[Atthis (mythology)|Atthis]]
| [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollod.]]
| data-sort-value=18 | 1st/2nd cent. AD
| <ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Erichthonius (1); [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.14.6 3.14.6].</ref>
|-
| The [[Palici]]
| [[Aetna (nymph)|Aetna]]
| [[Silenus Calatinus|Silenos]]
| data-sort-value=13 | 2nd cent. BC
| <ref>Witczak and Zawiasa, pp. 57; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. Παλίκη [= ''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' 175 F3].</ref>
|-
| The [[Cabeiri]], the Cabeirides (nymphs)
| rowspan="2" | [[Cabeiro]]
| [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]]
| data-sort-value=7 | 5th cent. BC
| <ref>Hard, p. 220; ''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' 3 F48; [= [[Strabo]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-eng1:10.3.21 10.3.21]].</ref>
|-
| Camillus
| [[Acusilaus]]
| data-sort-value=6 | 6th/5th cent. BC
| <ref>Hard, p. 220; ''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' 2 F20; [= [[Strabo]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-eng1:10.3.21 10.3.21]].</ref>
|-
| [[Periphetes]]
| Anticlea
| [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]]
| data-sort-value=18 | 1st/2nd cent. AD
| <ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.16.1 3.16.1].</ref>
|-
| Ardalus
| rowspan="6" | ''No mother mentioned''
|
|
| <ref>Grimal, s.v. Hephaestus, p. 192.</ref>
|-
| [[Cercyon]]
| Hyg. ''[[Fabulae|Fab.]]''
| data-sort-value=17 | 1st cent. AD
| <ref>Gantz, p. 253; Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#38 38].</ref>
|-
| [[Olenus]]
| Hyg. ''[[De astronomia|De astr.]]''
| data-sort-value=16 | 1st cent. BC/AD
| <ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=olenus-bio-1&highlight=olenus s.v. Olenus]; Hyginus, ''[[De astronomia]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.13.5 2.13.5].</ref>
|-
| [[Palaemon (Greek myth)|Palaemon]]
| [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollod.]]
| data-sort-value=18 | 1st/2nd cent. AD
| <ref>Grimal, s.v. Hephaestus, p. 192; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.9.16 1.9.16].</ref>
|-
| Pylius
| [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photios]]
| data-sort-value=33 | 9th cent. AD
| <ref>[[Photius]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/237#190.48 190.48].</ref>
|-
| [[Thalia (nymph)|Thalia]]
| [[Aeschylus]]
| data-sort-value=7 | 5th cent. BC
| <ref>Witczak and Zawiasa, pp. 56.</ref>
|}