CXXXIV: You Know He Basically Invented Robots?! Hephaestus & His Forge

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Hephaestus beyond the drama: the importance and lasting impact of the god of the forge (there are *robots*!).

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Theoi.com; the Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus translated by Hugh Evelyn-White; Gods and Robots by Adrienne Mayor.

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1:32.1	And I am your host, that woman you know the one, live.
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1:43.2	informed the way I tell stories involving him.
1:45.8	He's a favorite for a lot of people which I totally get, but I've always been skewed
1:49.7	by the treatment of Aphrodite in relation to Festus, which is unquestionably shit.
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