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	Temple of Hephaestus - Biocrawler
		The Temple of Hephaestus in central Athens, Greece, is the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world, but is far less well-known than its illustrious neighbour, the Parthenon.
		The temple is located about 500m north-west of the Acropolis and about 1km due west of the modern centre of Athens, Syntagma Square.
		During the centuries of Ottoman rule in Greece, the temple was the main Greek Orthodox church in Athens.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Temple_of_Hephaestus (438 words)

	Hephaestus
		Hephaestus, the god of fire, especially the flsmith's fire, was the patron of all craftsmen, principally those working with metals.
		Hephaestus was associated with Mount Etna, which is on the island of Sicily.
		Hephaestus is known as the son of Hera and Zeus, although Zeus had nothing to do with the conception.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/h/hephaestus.html (951 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The name Theseion or Temple of Theseus, was erroneously attributed to the monument under the assumption it housed the remains of the Athenian hero Theseus, brought back to the city from the island of Skyros by Kimon in 475 BC.
		The dimensions of the temple are 13.708 m north to south and 31.776 m east to west, with six columns on the short east and west sides and thirteen columns along the longer north and south sides (with the four corner columns being counted twice).
		According to Pausanias, the temple housed the bronze statues of Athena and Hephaestos.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Temple_of_Hephaestus (872 words)

	Hephaestus - Crystalinks
		Hephaestus was the Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan; he was the god of technology, flsmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals and metallurgy, and fire.
		Hephaestus and his brother Ares were sons of Hera, with or without the cooperation of Zeus.
		Hephaestus crafted much of Athena's weaponry, along with those of the rest of the gods and even of a few mortals who received their special favor.
	www.crystalinks.com /hephaestus.html (792 words)

	Hephaestus
		Hephaestus, (Roman: Vulcan) the god of fire, was born lame.
		As he was the deity of destructive fire, his temples were located outside the city.
		In ancient times, the sons of Hephaestus were primarily those who wielded fire to forge weapons and practice the arts of metallurgy.
	www.freewebs.com /hephaestus (279 words)

	Athens Ancient Sites: The major archaeological sites of Athens
		Temple of Hephaestus: the temple was dedicated to Hephaestus, the god of the forge.
		The Temple is the largest Ancient temple of Athens that has ever been built.
		It was built by the Emperor Hadrian in 132 AD in order to mark the limit between the Ancient Athens and his new city and commemorates the consecration of the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
	www.athens-360.com /ancient-sites.htm (773 words)

	Athens Archaeological sites: The ancient sites of Athens
		The temple was dedicated during the Ancient times to Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom.
		It was built by the Emperor Hadrian in 132 AD and was marking the limit between the Ancient city and the new one he was building.
		The Temple is the largest temple that has ever been built in Athens.
	www.athens-hotels-360.com /athens-sites.htm (879 words)

	Temple of Hephaestus - Archiplanet
		"The Temple of Hephaestus ('Theseion'), Athens, begun 449 BC, is very well-preserved externally.
		It was converted into a church by the Byzantine Greeks who, however, gutted the naos, constructed an apse at the east end and gave the temple its present concrete vault.
		The plan has a distinctive arrangement, the east porch being aligned with the third columns on the flanks.
	www.archiplanet.org /wiki/Temple_of_Hephaestus (152 words)

	Temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) / Thesseion, Agora
		Agora - Temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) / Thesseion
		The Hephaisteion, lying near the smiths' and craftmen's quarter of Athens, was dedicated to the divinities of the smiths and the arts, Hephaistos and Athena.
		This Doric temple, with the classical plan of 6x13 columns, was built about the same time as the Parthenon but is considerably smaller (columns 5.71m/19ft high, Parthenon 10.43m/34ft.
	www.planetware.com /athens/agora-temple-of-hephaistos-hephaestus-thesseion-gr-ath-hepha.htm (302 words)

	Design and Construction of the Parthenon
		A temple was the house of a god or goddess, that is its cult statue.
		The stone base of the temple, the crepidoma, consisted of three or four platforms the edges of which formed a series of steps continuously ascending on all sides of the building to the top one, called the stylobate, which formed the floor of the temple.
		Temple architecture of the Greek mainland was in the Doric style, with a square abacus and rounded echinus.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/arts/Architec/AncientArchitectural/GreekArchitecture/DesignandConstruction/DesignandConstruction.htm (1017 words)

	ooBdoo
		A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites (as in masonry).
		The majority of the main temples, along the major religions, are aligned in the cardinal directions, especially in an east-west axis which symbolically represents the sun's path, the "donor of life".
		The First Temple was built in the 10th century BCE under King Solomon to replace the Tabernacle and was destroyed by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, marking the beginning of the Babylonian exile.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Temple (1264 words)

	Hephaestus
		Hephaestus, along with Athena Ergane (patron of craftsman and artisans), were honored at a festival called Chalceia[?] on the thirtieth day of Pyanopsion.
		When Hephaestus found out about it (most likely from his sister Eris, the goddess of discord) he surprised them during one of their trysts and covered them with an invisible and unbreakable net and left them exposed for all of Olympus to see.
		Hephaestus was somehow connected with the mysterious cult of the Cabari.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/he/Hephaistos.html (713 words)

	Temple of Hephaestus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Temple of Hephaestus in central ancient Athens, Greece, is the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world, but is far less well-known than its illustrious neighbour, the Parthenon.
		During the centuries of Ottoman rule in Greece, the temple was the main Greek Orthodox church in Athens.
		The temple is now surrounded by an ornamental garden whereas in Ancient Greek times, surrounding the temple were flower ditches, enhancing the rural aspect of the temenos of the sanctuary otherwise located in the city centre of Athens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temple_of_Hephaestus (595 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Hephaestus
		Hephaestus and his brother Ares are sons of Hera, with or without the cooperation of Zeus.
		Hephaestus was also quite ugly; he was crippled and misshapen at birth: in the vase-paintings, his feet are sometimes back-to-front.
		Hephaestus was somehow connected with the archaic, pre-Greek Phrygian and Thracian mystery cult of the Cabari, who were called the Hephaistoi, "the Hephaestus-men," in Lemnos.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Hephaestus (823 words)

	Greek Gods (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hephaestus was a supporter and chief patron to all craftsmen, but had most loyalty to metalworkers.
		Hephaestus is not a pretty sight and is usually depicted as an animated cripple bent over his anvil.
		One legend speaks that Hephaestus wanted to marry Athena, who also happened to be a patron of the smiths, but she wouldn't marry him because he was ugly.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/m/w/mwp137/A2Assign7.html (1001 words)

	Pagan News - Pagan News & Information
		Hephaestus gained revenge against Hera for rejecting him by making her a magical throne which, when she sat on it, didnt allow her to leave it.
		When Hephaestus found out about it (most likely from his sister Eris, the goddess of discord), he surprised them during one of their trysts and covered them with an invisible and unbreakable net and left them exposed for all of Olympus to see.
		Hephaestus was somehow connected with the mysterious cult of the Cabari.
	www.pagannews.com /cgi-bin/gods3.pl?Hephaestus/Vulcan (760 words)

	Temple (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mount Temple is a major mountain in Alberta and a major part of the scenery near Lake Louise.
		Temple University is an institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		The Inner Temple and the Middle Temple are two of the four inns of court in London.
	abcworld.net /Temple (618 words)

	Hephaestus
		Hephaestus is known as the son of Hera and Zeus, although Zeus had nothing to do with the conception.
		Hephaestus helped to create the first woman, with the assistance of other gods, after Zeus had ordered that there be a new kind of human.
		Hephaestus and Athena Ergane (protectress of craftsman and artisans) were honoured with the festival "Chalceia" on the 30th day of the month Pyanopsion.
	www.linsdomain.com /gods&goddesses/hephaestus.htm (904 words)

	The Museum of the Goddess Athena - Main
		THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS PHRATRIOS AND ATHENA PHRATRIA
		At this festival Hephaestus was particularly celebrated: men, dressed in their most beautiful garments, lit the torch at the fire of the hearth, sang in praise of their God, and sacrificed to him.
		On the west side of the Agora, between the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios and North of the Temple of Apollo Patroos are the remains of a tiny Sanctuary with 17 x 11.9 ft. (5.2 x 3.65 m) dimensions, dating from ca.
	www.goddess-athena.org /Museum/Temples/Agora_m.htm (1261 words)

	Hephaestus or Vulcan: Artisan of the Greek and Roman Gods by Torrey Philemon (Tracy Marks)
		Hephaestus' city, Hephistu, the capital of Lemnos was populated until the sixth century A.S. with people known as the Tyrenoi.
		Hephaestus cults continued there for centuries, as well as in Athens, where, after 450 A.D, a temple to Hephaestus was erected on a hill above the Agora, facing the Acropolis; it still stands today.
		Sensitive to rejection and conflict, Hephaestus was the peacemaker who attempted to create harmony between his mother and his father, in the hope of experiencing in his interpersonal environment the atmosphere of love and union that he desired.
	www.webwinds.com /myth/hephaestus2.htm (1420 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 561 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now it came to pass, that as the twelve kings were assembled on one occasion in the temple of Hephaestus, the priest, by accident, brought out only eleven golden goblets, and Psammitichus, who happened to be standing last, took off his brazen helmet, and used it as a substitute.
		Grote remarks, bears evident marks of..being the genuine tale which he heard from the priests of Hephaestus, however little satisfactory it may be in an historical point of view.
		He built the southern propylaea of the temple of Hephaestus at Memphis, and a splendid aula, with a portico round it, for the habitation of Apis, in front of the temple (Herod, ii.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2895.html (1069 words)

	Epicurios Apollo
		In the cella, there is a suggestion of a colonnade on three of the four sides, as in the Parthenon and the temple of Hephaestus (the Theseion) in Athens, but the columns on the longer sides are not free- standing.
		Behind the free standing Corinthian column, in the position occupied in other temples by the closed adytum, there was a small room which, while it communicated freely with the cella, nonetheless "faced" east for religious reasons, with a door opening on to the east peripteron.
		he temple is now being restored, and will be re-erected on the same location, but on a new base that will allow it to withstand the earth-tremors and soil-shifting that occur in the area.
	greece-private.com /apollon.htm (416 words)

	Classical Art & Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion) - Athens: view from E. (above the Agora) - ca.
		Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion) - Athens: view from SE.
		Temple of Poseidon (Temple of Hera II): interior - detail of double colonnade of cella - view from SE.
	rubens.anu.edu.au /htdocs/laserdisk/classical/display00038.html (113 words)

	Temple of Olympian Zeus Photo Gallery by R McBee at pbase.com
		The ancient Agora - the Temple of Hephaestus (the Theseion)
		The present temple was begun in the 5th century BC but wasn't completed until the 2nd century AD.
		Hadrian had this gate erected when the temple was completed in the 2nd century AD; its purpose was to delineate the ancient city of Athens from the newer Roman city.
	www.pbase.com /rmcbee/02zeus (137 words)

	Thision (Temple of Hephaistos)- Athens, Greece - VirtualTourist.com
		Thision (Temple of Hephaistos)- Athens, Greece - VirtualTourist.com
		Thision (Temple of Hephaistos): Acropolis - Temple of Hephaestus
		The temple, known as the Theseion, is Doric and peripheral with a pronaos and opisthodomos.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Greece/Prefecture_of_Attica/Athens-426812/Things_To_Do-Athens-Thision_Temple_of_Hephaistos-BR-1.html (810 words)

	The Temple of Hephaestus
		The temple of Hephaestus was located on a hill overlooking the northwestern corner of the Agora.
		Hephaestus, a god of fire, flsmiths, and craftsmen shared this temple with Athena, who was also a goddess of crafts and craftsmen.
		The temple is located in an area occupied by many potters' shops and metal working factories.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/athnlife/hephaest.htm (63 words)

	temple of hephaestus photo -- Declan McCullagh photograph
		The Temple of Hephaestus, dedicated to the god of flsmiths, volcanos, and metallurgy
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	Greek Architecture & Architectural Sculpture: Classical
		Temple of Hephaestus ("Theseion"): view from east (above the Agora)
		Temple of Hephaestus ("Theseion"): detail, entablature of NE.
		Temple of Hephaestus ("Theseion"): detail, column at SE.
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