Aphrodite &  Hephaestus

Aphrodite was the loveliest daughter of Zeus and one of the Olympian goddesses. Zeus arranged for her to marry her half-brother Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithy to the gods. An odd combination, since Hephaestus was ugly and lame, and not very congenial.

One day Aphrodite was wearing a green dress. Hephaestus saw her from his working shop. He hated green. Being a blacksmith everything had to be red-hot. Annoyed he appeared at the entrance of his forge and told his wife to change…