Multiple Choice
In a passage in the Theogony, a god is creating the first woman at the request of Zeus. His name is not mentioned, but can you identify him from this description? "The famous lame smith took clay and, through Zeus's counsels, gave it the shape of a modest maiden."
A) Apollo
B) Hephaestus
C) Hermes
D) Prometheus
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