[1] Epigraph: Arianna Stassinopoulos and Roloff Beny, The Gods of Greece (New York: Abrams, 1983), p. 175.

[2] Epigraph: Murray Stein, "Hephaistos: A Pattern of Introversion", Spring 1980 (Irving, TX: Spring Publications, 1980), p. 35.

[3] James Hillman, "Puer Wounds and Ulysses Scar", in James Hillman, ed., Puer Papers (Irving, Texas: Spring Publications, 1979), pp. 101-102.

[4] Walter F. Otto, The Homeric Gods: The Spiritual Significance of the Greek Religion, trans. Moses Hadas (Great Britain: Thames & Hudson. 1979), p. 130.

[5] С.G.Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, ed. Aniela Jaffe; trans. Richard and Clara Winston (New York: Pantheon Books, 1961), pp. 173-175.

[6] Richard Corliss, "Andrew Wyeth's Stunning Secret", Time, August 18, 1986.

[7] Corliss.

[8] Philip Slater, "Self-Emasculation: Hephaistos", in The Glory of Hera (Boston: Beacon Press, 1968), p. 193.