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Hera (according to inscription); tondo of an Attic white-ground kylix from Vulci, ca. 470 BCE. Hera is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and the sibling of Hestia, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. [126]
In Greek mythology, Echo (/ ˈɛkoʊ /; Greek: Ἠχώ, Ēkhō, "echo", [3] from ἦχος (ēchos), "sound" [4]) was an Oread who resided on Mount Cithaeron. [5] Zeus loved consorting with beautiful nymphs and often visited them on Earth. Eventually, Zeus's wife, Hera, became suspicious, and came from Mount Olympus in an attempt to catch Zeus ...
According to Stephanus of Byzantium, Zeus and Hera first lay together at the city of Hermione, having come there from Crete. [124] Callimachus, in a fragment from his Aetia, also apparently makes reference to the couple's union occurring at Naxos. [125] Though no complete account of Zeus and Hera's wedding exists, various authors make reference ...
INTERVIEW: Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer bicker as Zeus and Hera in this new dynastic saga, which reimagines Greek mythology for the present day. Nick Hilton talks to the stars and to ...
The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods. [ 1 ] It was the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all Greece. It was originally a joint temple of Hera and Zeus, chief of the gods, until a separate temple was built for him. [ 2 ]
According to Hyginus, Zeus promised anything to Hephaestus in order to free Hera, and he asked for the hand of Athena in marriage (urged by Poseidon who was hostile toward her), leading to his attempted rape of her. [27] In another version, he demanded to be married to Aphrodite in order to release Hera, and his mother fulfilled the request. [28]
Antique fresco from Pompeii. Heracles (/ ˈhɛrəkliːz / HERR-ə-kleez; Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, lit. "glory/fame of Hera "), born Alcaeus[ 2 ] (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides[ 3 ] (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus [ 4 ] and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon. [ 5 ]
However, Hera was the goddess of the marital order and of cuckolded wives, amongst other things. She was often portrayed as the shrewish, jealous wife of Zeus, who himself often escaped from her controlling ways by cheating on her with other women, mortal and immortal.