Editing Hephaestus (section)

== Epithets ==
The [[epithet]]s by which Hephaestus is known by the poets generally allude to his skill in the [[plastic arts]] or to his figure or disability. The Greeks frequently placed miniature statues of Hephaestus near their hearths, and these figures are the oldest of all his representations.<ref>[[Heroditus]], iii, 37; [[Aristophanes]], ''Av''., 436; [[Callimachus]], ''Hymn. in Dian.'', 60.</ref> The meaning of some of his epithets are:<ref>{{cite book|last=Autenrieth|first=Georg|title=A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges|publisher=Harper and Brothers|location=United States of America|year=1891|entry=Hephaestus}}</ref>
* '''Amphigyḗeis''' often translated as "the lame one"; literally "lame on both sides" vel sim. ({{lang|grc|Ἀμφιγυήεις}})
* '''Kyllopodíōn''' "club-footed" or "of dragging feet" ({{lang|grc|Κυλλοποδίων}})
* '''Khalkeús''' "coppersmith" ({{lang|grc|Χαλκεύς}})
* '''Klytotékhnēs''' "renowned artificer" ({{lang|grc|Κλυτοτέχνης}})
* '''Polýmētis''' "shrewd, crafty" or "of many devices" ({{lang|grc|Πολύμητις}})
* '''[[Aetnaeus|Aitnaîos]]''' "Aetnaean" ({{lang|grc|Αἰτναῖος}}), owing to his workshop being supposedly located below [[Mount Etna|Mount Aetna]].<ref>[[Claudius Aelianus|Aelian]], ''Hist. An.'' xi. 3, referenced under [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0001.001/69?page=root;size=100;view=image Aetnaeus] in William Smith's [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]</ref>
*'''Polýphrōn''' "ingenious, inventive" (Πολύφρων)
*'''Agaklytós''' "very famous, glorious" (Ἀγακλυτός)
*'''Aithalóeis theós''' "sooty god" (Αἰθαλόεις θεός)