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| Thetis receives a set of armour for her son Akhilleus from Hephaistos. The smith holds a hammer and helm, Thetis the shield and spear. Greaves hang from the wall. The scene is from Homer's Iliad. | Pandora is born out of the earth, moulded by the craftsman god Hephaistos. She is depicted crowned and veiled, with hands raised. Above her flies an Eros (winged love god). The god beside her is either Hephaistos, moulding her with his sculptor's mallet, or Epimetheus, who receives her as a bride as he tills the earth. Two other gods, Zeus and Hermes, one holding a royal sceptre and wearing an olive wreath, the other with a herald's wand (kerykeion), winged cap and boots, witness the scene. |