their conditions.

The depiction of disabled adults or gods was common in the literature of ancient Greece. In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Hephaistos, a god and renowned craftsman, is described as being "lame in both legs", and he is mentioned 41 times in the Iliad and 19 times in the Odyssey. In Book 2 of the Iliad, Homer provides a detailed description of Thersites' deformity,