The Festival Of Chalkeia And Apatria In Athens Honored Him

One of 10 interesting facts about the Greek God is that the festivals of Chalkeia and Apaturia in Athens honored him. Outside of Lemnos, the Hephaestus cult spread to Athens, and many people engaged in crafts such as metalworking and pottery recognized him as a guardian deity. The feast of Chalkeia was celebrated on the last day of Pyanepsion (October or November in the Attic calendar). It was a festival of craftsmen and bronze workers.

The festival celebrated Athena and Hephaestus and praised both gods as the guardian deities of Athens and the gods of handicrafts. In the same month of Pyanepsion, the Apaturia festival was also celebrated in Athens. At this festival, a young man received the seal necessary to marry the Temple of Zeus and the Temple of Athena. Hephaestus was celebrated here not as the god of fire, but as the bridegroom, husband, and father of the Son of God. A torch was lit on his hearth, a song of his praise was sung, and a sacrifice was offered to him.