Because Zeus had Athena born without a mother.
Zeus and Hera; or Hera alone, or by the Cretan Myths Talus was his father (though it is usually said that Hephaestus forged him).
Hephaestus was born of Hera; his father is sometimes told to be Zeus, other times he was born of Hera alone.
Hephaestus either had no father, or his father was Zeus by Hera.
Zeus and Hera, but Homer said it was just Hera.Hephaestus was born of Hera alone as Hera's revenge for Zeus' solo birth of Athena.
Hephaestus was a Greek god born with his "powers" to other gods, his mother Hera and often his father is Zeus.
No. Hera produced Hephaestus by herself.
Zeus and Hera; or Hera alone, or by the Cretan Myths Talus was his father (though it is usually said that Hephaestus forged him).
Hephaestus was born of Hera; his father is sometimes told to be Zeus, other times he was born of Hera alone.
Hephaestus either had no father, or his father was Zeus by Hera.
Hephaestus either had no father, or his father was Zeus by Hera.
Hephaestus was Zeus's son. Hephaestus is the son Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone gave birth to Hephaestus, without male fertilization.
Apparently Zeus and Hera.
Hephaestus
Hephaestus is the son of Zeus; or if the child of Hera alone, Zeus is his uncle.
Both Ares, Hephaestus, and Typhon.
Hera's son Ares is also a son of Zeus. Hephaestus, Hera's other son, is sometimes said to be a son of Zeus, but he is also sometimes considered to be a son of Hera alone. Hera bore Hephaestus alone because she was jealous of Zeus, who bore Athena on his own.
Hera was the mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe and Eileithyae. Their father was her husband Zeus .