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title: Hephaestus/Vulcan at the Birth of Erichthonius
author: Egisto Sani
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12709/hephaestusvulcan-at-the-birth-of-erichthonius/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hephaestus/Vulcan at the Birth of Erichthonius

_Authored by Egisto Sani_

## Image File

[![Hephaestus/Vulcan at the Birth of Erichthonius](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12709.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12709.jpg)

## Image Caption

A [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) bas-relief depicting the [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Hephaestus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hephaistos/) (known as [Vulcan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vulcan/) to the Romans). The relief is part of a scene in which the goddess [Gaia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gaia/) presents [Athena](https://www.worldhistory.org/athena/) with the infant Erichthonius, born from the seed of Hephaestus. Made c. 50 BCE-50 CE. [Ostia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ostia/), [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/). (Pio-Clementino Museum)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Sani, E. (2020, September 12). Hephaestus/Vulcan at the Birth of Erichthonius. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12709/hephaestusvulcan-at-the-birth-of-erichthonius/>
### Chicago
Sani, Egisto. "Hephaestus/Vulcan at the Birth of Erichthonius." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 12, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12709/hephaestusvulcan-at-the-birth-of-erichthonius/>.
### MLA
Sani, Egisto. "Hephaestus/Vulcan at the Birth of Erichthonius." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Sep 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12709/hephaestusvulcan-at-the-birth-of-erichthonius/>.

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