CLA219H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Slavery In Ancient Rome, Pedophilia, The Penelopiad
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Song of ares and aphrodite (odyssey 8. 266-369) 09/11. Ares and aphrodite having an affair often use husband"s bed to make out. Helios saw them the entire time and told hephaestus, aphrodite"s husband. Hephaestus, mad, went to his forge and made a net no one can break and loosen . Hephaestus rigged the net up on his bed and announced he was going to. Mars heard and hurried to spend some time with aphrodite, and as they were making out in bed, the net fell and entrapped them. Helios, seeing it happen, told hephaestus who turned around and went home. Hephaestus has caught ares yes, he is lame, but he"s a crafty one. So ares now must pay a fine for his adultery . However, poseidon asked hephaestus to let the couple go and promised that. Ares would pay for his deed (if not, he would pay for him) Hephaestus then released the couple who escaped, ares to thrace, and.