Hera

Achilles Son of King Peleus and Thetis Fated to die in Troy Champion of the Greeks He refused to fight in the Trojan War at first He had incredibly strong armor He fought for Helen as well as for half of Troy’s treasurers His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be…

wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Achilles’ parents. As the goddess of discord, Eris was not invented to the wedding. Irritated by this exclusion, Eris arrived at the wedding with a golden apple inscribed “kallisti”, for the fairest. Three goddesses - Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite – all claimed for the apple, and Prince Paris of Troy awarded the apple to Aphrodite. Hence, Aphrodite offered Paris the world’s most beautiful woman, Helen. However, Helen was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. As a…

Ares is one of the original twelve Greek Gods and Although, Ares was one of many Gods born from Zeus he was different from his siblings because of the way he looked, the weapons he brandished as the god of war, his powers as the god of war, and his title allowed Ares to have a large family. First is the way he looked and the weapons he brandished and “in art,Ares is generally depicted wearing a spear and a helmet” but Ares personality is very different from his appearance, “Ares was most often…

sometimes associated with the sun god, Helios. It was believed that he could spread diseases with his arrow, as well as prevent diseases with it. His mother, Leto, was not allowed to give birth to Apollo on land because Zeus' wife, Hera, found out that Zeus impregnated Leto. Hera forbid Leto to give birth on Earth, so She went to Delos, which was a new floating island so it was not considered a real island yet. Therefore, she was allowed to give birth there. Delos became an important sanctuary…

Zeus, meaning, bright or sky, was born of the parents, Cronus and Rhea. Zeus was the last child of his parents. Cronus, before Zeus was born, was warned by his parents that one of his children would over throw him. So for each of the children that Cronus had, the child would be swallowed by him. However, Rhea, tricked Cronus into thinking Zeus was in a blanket, although, it was just a rock in a blanket. Rhea tricked Cronus, so she could save Zeus. Rhea then had sent Zeus to the Greek island of…

important as our world grows older. In the Iliad, love means different things to the couples in the book. The beliefs on love and loyalty to a partner in the Iliad seem to be completely different to that of our 21st century generation. For Zeus and Hera, love means a verbal agreement; Inside of their marriage, deception and backstabbing appear frequently. Opposite of them, Hector and Andromache show true love and care, as their marriage show true love and caring for each other– They truly love…

Reference: D 'aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin. D’aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths. New York: Delacorte Press, 1962.Print In this book there were many stories about all the different gods and goddesses. One of the stories was about a goddess named Aphrodite. Aphrodite was the goddess of love. Nobody knew where Aphrodite came from, she was the only Olympian who did not have a mother or father. One story about a god that I read was about Cronus, Cronus grew up to be stronger than his father. So when…

Hephaestus is among those the ancient Greeks worshiped as gods. He possessed many of those traits which were necessarily found in any one who was thought to be a god. He was born of the god Hera (some say Zeus as well), he possessed the immortality of a god, and he had god-like abilities to perform his craft. These facts, mainly that he was conceived of gods, cemented his status as a god, although many of the things he did stand in sharp contrast to what would traditionally be thought of as…

golden apple that was meant to be for the fairest of all the goddesses. She threw this apple where Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite saw it, and they all thought it was meant for themselves. They fought for the apple, then later agreed to make a mortal, Paris, the Prince of Troy, decide who was the fairest. Paris thought they all were beautiful, so instead, they all bribed him to give them the apple. Hera stated that if he chose her, he would be a great ruler, but if he chose Athena, she promised to…

literature of the Greeks. There were twelve main gods and goddesses in the Pantheon who lived on Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece (Greek Mythology 9). Zeus, the king of the gods, ruled over the Pantheon and those in it. His wife and sister, Hera, represents marriage, childbirth, and family while his brother, Poseidon, ruled the sea as well as storms and earthquakes. Other siblings of these deities include Hades, god of the underworld; Demeter, goddess of the harvest and Hestia,…