Hephaestus, the Greek god of the blacksmith’s fire and the mythological progenitor of all engineers and tinkerers, was something of a nerd. He was, wrote Homer, extremely intelligent, diligent, and friendly toward mortals, but he was quite unlike the other gods up on Olympus—he did not have much in the way of elegance or style.
Hephaestus was the only non-perfect immortal since he was crippled when Zeus threw him from the mountain after an argument. According to the mythological texts, Hephaestus fell for nine days and nine nights, until he landed on the island of Lemnos. With his leg smashed and mangled, he ...
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