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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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: achilles, ancient, epic, epics, folklore, folktale, gods, greece, greek, hepaestos, hepahistos, hephaestos, hephaistos, history, homer, kiln, legend, myth, mythology, odyssey, poetry, shield, tale, trojan, troy, ulysses, war