Ἡφαιστεῖον · Hēphaisteion — LSJ
temple of Hephaestus, temple of Ptah
temple of Hephaestus, Hdt. 2.110, al., D. 33.18; at Rome, = Lat. Volcanal, D.H. 7.17; at Perusia, App. BC 5.49:—also Ἡφαιστιεῖον, temple of Ptah at Memphis, UPZ 109.13 (i B.C.).
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Ἡφαιστεῖον
*ephaisteion · τό
temple of Hephaestus
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