How to Use Hephaestus in a Sentence

Hephaestus

noun
  • Athens, Greece Athens glows beneath Mediterranean light, where marble ruins rise from its timeworn hillsides—from the world-famous Parthenon to the Temple of Hephaestus.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Technical divers should try the newest wreck, the 196-foot-long ex-oil tanker, MV Hephaestus, which sits at a depth of nearly 164 feet off the corner of Red Bay.
    AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Hannah and his team also built chariots specific to each Camp Half-Blood cabin, with a trident adorning Percy and Tyson’s (Daniel Diemer) for the Poseidon cabin and a steampunk version for the Hephaestus cabin, among others.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Team RoMeLa Practice with ARTEMIS humanoid robots, featuring Tsinghua Hephaestus (Booster Alpha).
    IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2024
  • Within Athen’s historic center, visitors can walk from monumental sites like the Acropolis to other epic destinations like Panathenaic Stadium, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Ancient Agora, and the Temple of Hephaestus just to name a few within 30 minutes or less.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025

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