Hefestión

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Hḗphaistos (Ἥφαιστος),” from a pre-Greek word of Unknown origin, meaning “disabled god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry, sculpture, and volcanism. Hephaestus is the Greek god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. Hephaestus’ Roman equivalent is Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of the gods. In another version, he was Hera’s parthenogenic child, rejected by his mother because of his deformity and thrown off Mount Olympus and down to earth. Hephaestion (~356–324 BC), son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian nobleman and a general in the army of Alexander the Great.