rites dedicated to them were performed in the island. Its ancient capital was named Hephaistia in the god's honour.

Hephaestus's forge, which was located on Lemnos, as well as the name Aethaleia, sometimes applied to it, points to its volcanic character. It is said that fire occasionally blazed forth from Mosychlos, one of its mountains. The ancient geographer Pausanias relates that a small island called Chryse,