god
Hephaestus
also: Ἄφαιστος, Ἄφαιστον
The smith god, whom Ares boasts he will drag back to Olympus by force in the dubium Priscian quotes 'as Sappho' — a line of the recall-of-Hephaestus story the modern editions give to Alcaeus.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §dub-alc-349 Hephaestus
The smith god, who trapped his mother Hera in a throne of his own making and had to be fetched back to Olympus to free her — the myth of his recall is the lost poem's subject.