Greek myths of programming – how to find a mythological god of programming?

In doing this work, Hephaestus is aided by some amphipoloi created by him (Greek amphipoloi = Latin ancillae, which means female servants), which were made of metal and which were sentient and followed exactly the commands of Hephaestus.

AFAIK, this Iliad fragment is the earliest description of robots that is known.

I highly recommend it.

And, yes, I consider Athena.

I loved greek myths as a child, and in re-reading them to my children I regained an understanding of just how deeply the Greeks influenced modern culture, but even more importantly, the depth of the imagination around their deities.

Ultimately, though, I think it's the Odyssey that really brings it all together. Every man wants to be Odysseus and every woman wants to fuck him.

Speaking of which if anybody has a copy of the Telegony I'd love to have one. Circe bore Odysseus's child, Telegonus:

"On the goddess Athena's advice, Circe tells him the name of his father./

she gives him a supernatural spear to defend himself which is tipped with the sting of a poisonous stingray and was made by the god Hephaestus./

A storm forces Telegonus onto Ithaca without his realizing where he is. As is customary for Homeric heroes in unfriendly land, he commits piracy,/

Odysseus comes to defend his property, and during the ensuing fight, Telegonus kills Odysseus with his unusual spear,/

thereby partially fulfilling Tiresias' prophecy in Odyssey 11 that death would come to Odysseus "out of the sea" (i.e., the poison of the ray)