The Greek Gods ES

I thought the role of Hephaestus in the beginning of Prometheus Bound was very interesting. He is the one that is supposed to chain Prometheus up, and though he does this, he does so extremely reluctantly, wishing that it was not his job. Even though, as Power points out, Prometheus stole Hephaestus' domain, fire, Hephaestus seems to feel no sense of revenge. When we consider the fact that he is a god and revenge is a big part of divine behavior, as we have seen in most of our other works, this is even more strange. Hephaestus is portrayed in mythology as a crippled god; perhaps among gods he is viewed as weak, and this gives explanation to his lack of interest in revenge against Prometheus. To what extent does revenge signify strength among the gods? We see so many gods getting revenge as a means to teach the lesson that mortals are no match for the power of the gods, that you would almost think Hephaestus would enact his own revenge plan against Prometheus for stealing his source of power.