This 1918 images illustrates the passagein Homer’s epic poem, Odyssey, when the god of fire, Hephaestos, makes a shield for the Greek hero Achilles. Hephaestus, the god of fire, is the smith who forged Achilles' shield. He begins with twenty hot bellows and fires bronze, tin, gold, and silver in his kiln. He then proceeds to hammer the metals upon his anvil to create a massive shield for Achilles to wield in the trojan war - the war between the Greeks and Trojans.
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This 1918 images illustrates the passagein Homer’s epic poem, Odyssey, when the god of fire, Hephaestos, makes a shield for the Greek hero Achilles. Hephaestus, the god of fire, is the smith who forged Achilles' shield. He begins with twenty hot bellows and fires bronze, tin, gold, and silver in his kiln. He then proceeds to hammer the metals upon his anvil to create a massive shield for Achilles to wield in the trojan war - the war between the Greeks and Trojans.

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between 1918 images illustrates passagein Homer’s epic poem Odyssey god fire Hephaestos makes shield Greek hero Achilles Hephaestus god fire smith who forged Achilles shield He begins twenty hot bellows fires bronze tin gold silver his kiln He then proceeds hammer metals upon his anvil create massive shield for Achilles to wield trojan war war between

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