Vulcan

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.17 Vulcan

  The lame smith-god husband of Venus; even he, limping from his anvil, won the goddess.

• The Art of Love §2.26 Mulciber

  Vulcan (Mulciber, 'the smelter'), the lame smith-god and husband of Venus, who forged the snaring net.

• The Festivals §5.23 Vulcan

  The fire- and smith-god, maker of the trumpets purified at the Tubilustria.

• The Festivals §11 Mulciber

  Mulciber ('the Smelter'), a name of Vulcan, father of the monster Cacus.

• Ibis §4 Vulcan

  Vulcan, god of fire; here standing by metonymy for fire itself, denied to the enemy.

• Metamorphoses §2.13 Mulciber

  A cult-name of Vulcan, the smith-god; he wrought the chased reliefs on the Sun's bronze doors.

• Metamorphoses §2.15 the gift of Vulcan

  The chariot of the Sun, forged by Vulcan with gold axle, silver spokes, and jeweled yoke.

• Metamorphoses §2.35 the dweller on Lemnos

  Vulcan, whose forge and worship were set on the island of Lemnos; father of the earth-born child.

• Metamorphoses §4.70 the Lemnian

  Vulcan, the smith-god (called Lemnian from his island Lemnos, and 'son of Juno'), who forges the net that traps Mars and Venus.

• Metamorphoses §13.400 Vulcanian Lemnos

  Vulcan, god of fire and the forge, to whom Lemnos was sacred.

• Sorrows §1.2 Mulciber

  Vulcan (Mulciber), the fire-god, who in the Iliad fought against Troy; cited to show that when one god opposes, another may aid.