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| | Craftsmen Figures of Greek Mythology |
 | | The fire that burns the earth is reserved mainly for Prometheus, probably because he is a Titan, a name deriving from the term titanos, the quicklime formed from an earthy element and from fire (Aristotle, Meteorologica 4.11.389a28). |
 | | Moreover, Hephaestus works only noble metals: gold, silver, bronze, brass, etc. The working of iron, which is used to fabricate the tools of daily life, belongs to the Dactyls (the fingers) who also have proper names: Acmon (Anvil), Damnameneus (the Subjugator, that is, the Hammer), and Celmis (perhaps the Casting). |
 | | The Invention of the metallurgy of iron, too, is attributed to the Dactyls of Ida in Phrygia, where ironwork goes back to ancient times (Phoronis, frag. |
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