Aphrodite or Venus, goddess of love, was married to Hephaestus or Vulcan the blacksmith, who was never faithful.
One day, Helios, god of the sun, came to Hephaestus and said he had seen her lover Aphrodite with Ares, god of war in the palace of Hephaestus.
Enraged with jealousy, Hephaestus the intense heat of his fury, he forged a network of metal so thin and light that was almost invisible, but indestructible resistant.
Put the network in the bed posts and beams in the bedroom. When Aphrodite and Ares, went to bed ... Caught the network so strong that they could not escape!
Hephaestus then called all the gods to laugh at the trapped lovers. Attended Poseidon, Hermes and Helios. Zeus demanded Hephaestus to return the dowry he had to deliver by Aphrodite, but settled for Ares would pay compensation.
And while everyone was laughing, Poseidon offered to be the guarantor of the debt. Then the lovers were released.
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