Vulcan in Roman Mythology is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus. He was god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms and armor for gods and heroes. His smithy was believed to be situated underneath Mount Aetna in Sicily. At the Vulcanalia festival, which was held on August 23, fish and small animals were thrown into a fire. Vulcan's analogue in Greek mythology is the god Hephaestus, also written as Hephaistos. This Hephaistos was the example for the Romans when they created their version of the god of fire and volcanoes. Hephaestus has a temple next to the Agora in Athens, called the Hephaesteion.