Hephaisteion (English spelling)

Japanese: Hēphaisteion(英語表記)Hephaisteion
Hephaisteion (English spelling)

… He was originally the god of fire in the volcanic regions of Asia Minor, and is thought to have entered the Greek mainland via the island of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea, where he became the patron deity of all craftsmen who used fire. The centres of his worship were the volcanic islands of Lemnos and the Lipari Islands north of Sicily, and Athens, which had a large industrial population. On the west side of the Athenian agora, the Doric temple Hephaisteion (formerly called Theseion, incorrectly), built in the mid-5th century BC, remains almost completely intact. In artworks, he is often depicted as a bearded, middle-aged man wearing a small round hat and holding a hammer or other tool. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Hēphaisteion" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… 彼はもともと小アジアの火山地帯の火の神で,それがエーゲ海上のレムノス島を経由してギリシア本土に入り,火を使うすべての職人の守護神となったものと考えられる。崇拝の中心地は,レムノス島やシチリア島の北に浮かぶリパリ諸島などの火山島と,工業人口の多かったアテナイで,アテナイのアゴラの西側には,前5世紀中ごろに造営されたドリス式の神殿ヘファイステイオンHēphaisteion(かつては誤ってテセイオンThēseionと呼ばれた)が,ほぼ完全な姿のまま残っている。美術作品では,小さな丸帽子をかぶり,槌その他の道具を手にした有髯の中年男で表現されることが多い。…

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