Hephaestus is the god of fire and blacksmiths. He never appears in the novel in person, but Percy has to deal with him regardless—Hephaestus’s wife, Aphrodite, is in a relationship with Ares, and Hephaestus sets up a trap at a Denver amusement park designed to embarrass the lovers on Mount Olympus television. Thanks to Ares’s trick on Percy, Percy and Annabeth end up walking into and dealing with the trap.
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Hephaestus Character Timeline in The Lightning Thief
The timeline below shows where the character Hephaestus appears in The Lightning Thief. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15
...for them at a souvenir shop. They discuss Aphrodite and Ares’s relationship: Aphrodite’s husband is Hephaestus, who’s disabled but clever, a combination that Aphrodite doesn’t find attractive. Hephaestus spends lots of...
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Chapter 22
The camp gathers on the Fourth of July for fireworks put on by the Hephaestus cabin. Grover shows up to say goodbye. He looks older since the quest. Percy tries...
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