twenty-six (trans. Conybeare) (Greek biography C1st to help you next Good.D.) : «[Poets] repeat your own rhapsodies . . . and you can let them know how . . . Ares, the absolute most warlike of gods, was initially enchained from inside the eden from the Hephaistos.»
forty ff (trans. Way) (Greek unbelievable C4th A great.D.) : «The woman lead darkly mantled in her own veil . . . with cheek shame-crimsoned, such as [Aphrodite] the fresh new Queen regarding Like, what date the fresh new Eden-abiders saw the girl clasped within the Ares’ fingers, shaming coming soon of all marriage-sleep, trapped regarding the range-meshed toils off Hephaistos: twisted here she put during the agony from shame, when you are thronged around the Blessed, there stood Hephaistos’ worry about : getting fearful it is to own wives becoming beheld by the husbands’ vision performing the latest deed of guilt.»
Virgil, Georgics cuatro
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 148 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A good.D.) : «When Vulcanus [Hephaistos] know you to definitely Venus [Aphrodite] was privately lying that have Mars [Ares], hence he may not oppose his energy, he generated a chain out of insistent and place they in the bed to catch elizabeth for the rendezvous, brand new and Venus decrease to the snare so that he cannot extricate himself. Whenever Sol [Helios the sun] reported so it in order to Vulcanus, the guy spotted them lying there naked, and you will summoned all of the gods exactly who saw. Consequently, guilt frightened Mars with the intention that the guy did not accomplish that. Using their incorporate Harmonia came into this world, and the woman Minerva [Athena] and Vulcanus [Hephaistos] provided a gown ‘dipped in crimes while the something special. Therefore, its descendants is certainly designated as the sick-fated.»
Ovid, Metamorphoses cuatro. 170 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman impressive C1st B.C. to C1st An effective.D.) : «Sol (the sun) [Helios] is assumed getting come the first to pick Venus’ [Aphrodite’s] adultery with Mars [Ares] : Sol ‘s the basic observe all things. Amazed on vision the guy told the goddess’ husband, Junonigena [Hephaistos], just how he was cuckolded in which. Following Volcanus’ [Hephaistos’] center dropped, and away from their deft blacksmith’s give decrease too the task the guy kept. At once the guy forged an online, an interlock out-of thinnest backlinks from tan, as well good for eyes observe, a victory maybe not surpassed of the most useful posts away from cotton otherwise by the net the new crawl give underneath the rafters’ ray. The guy designed it to answer minimum of reach otherwise slightest movement; then having understated ability set-up they all over bed. Once his spouse set down along with her paramour, this lady husband’s mesh, very cleverly contrived, protected them each other ensnared because they adopted. Straightway Lemnius [Hephaistos] flung large the fresh ivory doorways and you can hearalded throughout the gods. The 2 place there, snarled in their guilt. The latest gods just weren’t displeased; included in this prayed getting guilt by doing this. They laughed and you can laughed; the fresh joyful episode is enough time brand new choicest facts commit the rounds out-of paradise.»
345 ff (trans. Fairclough) (Roman bucolic C1st B.C.) : «Of these [this new nymphs] Clymene is telling regarding away from Vulcanus’ [Hephaistos’] baffled care, of the wiles and you will taken joy from Mars [Ares].»
Cicero, De- Natura Deorum 2. 21 (trans. Rackham) (Roman rhetorician C1st B.C.) : «[Aphrodite] this new daughter from Jupiter [Zeus] and you can Dione, wedded Vulcanus [Hephaistos], but is thought to was the mother away from Anteros by the Mars [Ares].»
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Statius, Thebaid 2. 265 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A good.D.) : «The newest Lemnian [Hephaistos], so they really regarding old considered, very long time upset during the Mars’ [Ares’] deceit and you can seeing that no abuse provided burden towards the revealed armor, additionally the avenging stores got rid of not the newest offence [from their affair with Hephaistos’ following partner Aphrodite], wrought so it [a beneficial cursed necklace] to own Harmonia [brand new girl produced of 
your relationship] on her behalf bridal time become the fresh new magnificence from this lady dower.»