De las Calqueas a las Hefestiasconsideraciones sobre los artesanos, la ciudadanía y Hefesto
ISSN: 0755-7256
Year of publication: 2015
Volume: 41
Issue: 2
Pages: 19-40
Type: Article
More publications in: Dialogues d'histoire ancienne
Abstract
The discussion of the two main festivals of Hephaistus in Athens, the Chalkeia and the Hephaisteia, and especially, the evolution of the former, which was restricted only to craftsmen, according to information provided by late lexicons, can be understood in conjunction with the role of craftsmen and their divine patron, Hephaistus, in the development of the Archaic and Classical Athenian polis