Hera

myths themselves were worshipped for many years. One of the most important Goddesses was Hera, queen of the Gods and Goddesses. She was married to the Supreme Ruler, Zeus, who was also her brother. One of the many theories surrounding the personalities of the Greek deities is that they are exaggerated symbolic representations of characteristics that humans themselves possess. Whether this is true or not Hera was painted as an extremely jealous woman who spent every waking moment plotting the…

goddess of marriage, Hera. They lived a happy life in the year 1200 B.C.E. and had four children together: Eilithya, Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus. However, Zeus was still fixated on affairs even though he was married to Hera. He continued to cheat on her throughout the marriage and Hera soon became outraged. She decided that if she couldn’t have Zeus then no one would, and began to extract revenge on his mistresses. Zeus thinks he’s being sly when he has these affairs, but Hera is starting to…

Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war, in contrast to his sister the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship.Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect…

Unknown Goddess of Rain Thousands of year ago before Zeus and Hera were married, Zeus was with a very strict woman who is unknown to Greek Mythology. At the time Hera had no idea that Zeus was with this mysterious goddess that was always hanging around. So at the time he was with this woman she controlled snow and ice. Which in a variety of states it doesn't because Zeus one day asked Hera a very serious question as brother and sister, if she could freeze the snow goddess everytime she tried to…

impede in politics or anything other than being a wife/mother, yet the goddess of marriage and birth, Hera, defies all of the rules. Hera’s jealousy, and trickery creates unwanted havoc, and throughout the book her character reveals that she acts according to her situation, leading her to effectively be a “gender-neutral” and dominant character, thus making her a significant character in The Iliad. Hera is an exceedingly determined goddess and wants/will do whatever possible to get her way,…

very great amount of beauty, Alcmene. Zeus, who i think is a very shallow guy, was already married to Hera, a goddess, but one day Zeus saw Alcmene and her beauty immediately caught Zeus’s attention, so Zeus disguised himself as Alcmene’s husband and he had an affair with her. Then Heracles was born. Hera is the wife of Zeus so she did NOT like Heracles at all. One day Hera made Heracles insane because she did not want Heracles to be happy with his wife and 3 children. This…

how things came to be. The Greeks worshiped gods and goddesses such as Hera. Hera is the goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, and family. Her Roman name is Juno, all gods and goddesses had Roman names and some planets were named after them. She was born, lives, and usually found on Mount Olympus. Hera had a very large family, her parents were Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was the god of time and Rhea was the goddess of Earth. Hera and all her brothers and sisters except Zeus were swallowed by their…

Throughout the beginning of Heracles’ life he possessed many heroic traits. Heracles was born to a mistress of Zeus. Since Heracles was the son of Zeus and a mistress, he was immediately hated by Hera, Zeus’s immortal wife. During his early years Heracles was constantly coming close to death because of Hera. Throughout these hard years Heracles started to posses and show heroic qualities such as courage, devotion, and patience. The first heroic quality displayed by Heracles in his young life…

courageous acts and his god-like strength. Hercules was the son of an affair, between the Greek god Zeus and a human named Alcmene. Hera, Zeus wife was furious about the affair and hated Hercules because of it. Shortly after Hercules was born, she sent two serpents to his crib, as an act to kill him, but even as a baby he was able to strangle both of the snakes. Hera in her attempts to hurt Hercules, drove him mad, causing him to kill both his wife, Theben Princess Megara, and their three…

Aphrodite, and Hera. During the Trojan War, Athena and Hera fight with the Achaeans, while Aphrodite favors the Trojans. The actions of the Goddesses during war illustrate the different characteristics women possess in the world of The Iliad. Each goddess embodies different stereotypes of women during the Bronze Age. These stereotypes are even seen in today’s…