All About Hephaestus Name: _____________________ Close Reading Passage Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera. He was born with bad luck. Hephaestus was so weak and lame, Hera took one look at him and dropped him out of Olympus. He fell for a day and was...
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All About Hephaestus Name: _____________________ Close Reading Passage Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera. He was born with bad luck. Hephaestus was so weak and lame, Hera took one look at him and dropped him out of Olympus. He fell for a day and was rescued by the sea goddess Thetis and her sisters. They took him to their underwater home, and there he lived in secret. Hephaestus’s body grew strong, but he never learned how to walk. He became a master craftsman and made beautiful objects out of gold. Many of these gold objects he gave to the goddesses as thanks for their kindness. Nine years later Hera saw Thetis wearing a beautiful gold piece of jewelry. She demanded to know where Thetis got it. When Thetis told Hera that it was Hephaestus, she regretted her actions. She called him back to Olympus, allowed him to marry Aphrodite, and created an even bigger workshop for him to make his gold. Hephaestus became the worker of the gods. He made them gold palaces, weapons, chariots, an
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