e. the Sun, but a male deity answering to Matuta, the goddess of the dawn. […] Hephæstos was a rough wooer, and attempted to offer violence to the goddess. […] The sun was shining fiercely, and the goddess was parched with thirst. […] Hail, goddess, who o’er well-dwelt Cyprus rulest ! […] The goddess departed, leaving her son to execute her mandate.