But Hephaestus is not defenceless after all: he vengefully (mnēsikakōn in Greek: it even looks malevolent) sends his mother a gift, a golden throne. But his craftsman’s skill is superhuman, of course, and the throne is rigged. Hephaestus has attached invisible bindings to it, so that anyone who sits in the chair is tied to it.
As one does.
