Hera
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Hera is the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus, is the daughter
of Rhea and Cronus, And rules over Mount Olympus as Queen.
She had five siblings; Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and
Hestia.
She was tricked into marrying Zeus, with whom she had six
children.
Hera being Queen of the Olympians suggests that the Greek
people respected women for their beauty, more than what their
actually capable of.
It also shows that although the men are the high power, women
can be the ones behind the scenes and calling the shots
Women are more figure peices than actual people in the eyes of a
Greek, which is why Zeus is head of the Olympians instead of
Hera, even though she is much wiser than he is.
● Queen of the Gods
● protector of marriage and childbirth and a
patron of women
● Very jealous of her husband’s lovers
● Hera sought revenge on her husband’s
lovers and their children
● One the many lovers of Zeus Hera got revenge on was a
Greek princess named Io
● Zeus turned Io into a calf trying to save her from Hera, but
Hera asked to have her as a gift. Zeus could not refuse to
this.
● As Io remained a calf, Hera sent horseflies to pester her.
● Zeus continued to see Io, but in the shape of a bull
● Zeus soon said he would not pay any more attention to Io
so Hera turned her back into a woman.
Hera had six children:
● Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth
● Ares, the Olympian god of war
● Hebe, the goddess of youth
● Hephaestus, the god of fire and metallurgy
● Eris, the goddess of strife
● Enyo, a minor goddess of war
Hera was not the best mother.
● She threw her son, Hephaestus, out of
heaven because he was born sickly and
ugly.
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