Question: who was hera big man

Answer: Zeus.

Question: was Hera in the story about the golden apple?

Answer: Yes. This story is called the judgement of Paris.

Question: who was the priestess of Hera at Argos who was loved by Zues?

Answer: Io

Question: What did the clothing of goddess like Hera look like?

Answer: A goddess could wear anything she wanted. Her garments ranged from imperisible gossamer woven by the goddess Athena to the rags of a hag.

Question: why doesn't the stories about hera section go into further detail?

Answer: For more detail ask a more detailed question:

Question: Why are Hera and Juno Coincidered the same?

Answer: When the Romans conquered Greece they merged the Greek religion with their own and Hera was merged with Juno. The Romans did not have a well developed mythology so in many cases the merged deities were identical. But in cases where Roman mythology is developed then the Roman deity differs slightly from the Greek. Janus, for example, has no Greek equivalent. Saturn is equated with Cronus but Saturn has many Roman myths that are not found in Greece.

Question: Was hera in the story of Jason and the Argonaots?

Answer: Yes. This is one of the few situations where she helps someone else out.

Question: Did Hera try to recapture Io after she escaped?

Answer: She just annoyed her.

Question: why dont you just dump zeus, girlfriend? Don't hate

Answer: Good advise for a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship. But when the girlfriend gets pregnant, and the father is the king, you have to make the best of it.

Question: I have read that the gods were often given gifts, athene often recieved new clothes apollo and artemis often recieved toys when teenagers came of age, was there anything in particular that Hera might have recieved as gifts and/or what are some general gift.

Answer: The most general gifts were wine or oil in the form of a libation. A sacrifice involved the gift of the burning fat. Money to a priestess was probably considered a gift to the goddess. Golden apples would have special meaning to Hera.

Question: other than nount oympus, where did she live?

Answer: As a goddess she could be anywhere on the earth except in Hades. She stayed at Mt. Olympus because that was her husband's palace.

Question: according to mythology,where di hera originate?

Answer: according to mythology Hera was born of Cronus and Rhea. The story of the minotaur probably relates her coming to Athens from Crete with Aphrodite and Athena. She probably came to Crete from Phoenicia with Aphrodite. The story of Europa probably relates to this.

Question: what did she do for the land

Answer: She was the patron of the city of Argos where she was beloved.

Question: how many brothers does hera have

Answer: Three

Question: Where was Hera Born and how

Answer: The ancient Greeks thought Hera was the daughter of Rhea but it seems likely that she was born in Phoenicia.

Question: WHen was she born

Answer: My guess is to date her birth to the time of the construction of the Venus figures such as the Venus of Willendorf which is dated to 24,000 BCE at best. The assumption here is that this is the time when humans became aware of the presence of goddesses around them. The Greek myths state that Hera was born from Cronus and Rhea, but the myth is fairly recent compared to when humans first became aware of her. It would be better to trace back the early beginnings of Astarte In Phoenicia. This is complicated by the fact that both Aphrodite and Hera can be traced to Astarte. Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum traces Astarte back to Africa from Phoenicia. Click here She implies a birth date of 900,000 BCE. Astarte is also related to Ishtar of Babylonia. The goddess of Solomon's temple, Ashtoreth, was related to Astarte and Ishtar. Isis in Egypt may also be involved. This basic concept is discussed at: Click here Other of the ancient Venus figures are pictured at: Click here

Question: What was Hera's reputation?

Answer: Hera had a reputation for being pompous and vain.

Question: what was the most important thing of Hera's life?

Answer: She was born the goddess of marriage, so this is the most important aspect of her life. Her marriage to Zeus was the second most important.

Question: Why does it say that Hera love Jason, when you said that she had no affairs?

Answer: She loved him like a son and treated him that way.

Question: Did hera have any special powers?

Answer: Her special powers related to the course of a marriage or a birth which she could affect at will.

Question: give a reason why Hera was important to this culture

Answer: Marriage is an important institution for any culture. It was especially important for the ancient Greeks.

Question: what period in history did Hera originate

Answer: Maria Gimbutus relates Hera to the Venus figures of old Europe and that dates Hera to the paleolithic period.

Question: servant of hera

Answer: Argus was one servant. Io was another. Actually any priestess of Hera was her servant, and since she was the queen of heaven any of the other gods and goddesses could serve in this capacity. Athena did this in the Iliad.

Question: what did Hera bring to the people who worshipped her?

Answer: Spiritual inspiration for a good marriage.

Question: Where can i read some stories about Hera?

Answer: The Iliad of Homer has a lot about Hera. The Voyage of the Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes has some. The works of Hesiod have some.

Question: what does her temple look like?

Answer: Click here, and here.

Question: How do you KIll Hera?

Answer: An immortal goddess cannot be killed. The best you can do is confine her. Once she was confined to Tartarus she was as good as dead. This is where Zeus confined the Titans whom he conquered. A goddess can be punished though. Zeus once punished Hera by hanging her from Mount Olympus.

Wishing or plotting the death of a goddess is not a good idea though. The problem is that mortals view reality from a different dimension from deities. We see cause and effect and think we can judge the morality of things but our view is very limited. Deities get a complete view of time and space. The result is that they deal with a higher level of morality that we cannot understand. We must be careful not to judge them lest we judge them falsely or by punishing them bringing about an unknown calamity on ourselves. The Greeks believed that the best we could do was to be humble and thank them for our gifts and in humility to share our gifts with them. This still seems a good plan.

Question: What does "...White-armed Hera..."

Answer: In ancient Greece noble ladies lived in houses that included an open court surrounded by a roofed porch. The center of the court was open to the sky and it was here that cooking fires were placed so the smoke could rise to the sky and not be trapped by the roof. The roof allowed a lady to stay in the shade even while she tended the fire. A proper lady could stay out of the sun and her skin would stay white. Of course a queen such as Hera would also stay out of the sun and have white arms.

Question: How were you the only one who was preety??

Answer: Hardly. Most of the goddesses are beautiful and there are thousands of them.

Question: over what part of life did hera rule?

Answer: Mostly marriage, but also honor.

Question: is Hera the God of the planete Uranus??

Answer: No.

Question: What is the story of Hera turning Calisto into a bear?

Answer: Callisto was the daughter of Lycaon, according to some. She was vowed to maidenhood, and a companion of Artemis in the chase. She was forced to have sex by Zeus and turned by him into a bear. She was shot down as a bear by Artemis as arranged by Hera, then turned into the star called the Bear. Her babe Arcas was rescued by Zeus and given to Maia to bring up. Zeus may have had sex with Callisto by appearing to her as Artemis. This suggests that Artemis and Callisto had a Lesbian relationship and that Zeus encouraged such relationships so he could take advantage of them.

Question: What is hera's weapon

Answer: Feminine wiles and strategems.

Question: Do you have any pictures of the cow or peakock?

Answer: Peacock: Click here. Cow: Click here.

Question: What culture and religeos things was she into

Answer: Ways of worshipping Hera:

• The most important way is to be a good family member.

  Answer: Hera was fond of Jason and she helped him in many ways during his voyage after the Golden Fleece.

  Question: If Hera is Immortal, then where is she now?

  Answer: According to the ancient Greeks her home is in the palace of Zeus on Mount Olympus, but as a goddess she has to ability to be anywhere. She could even be looking over your shoulder.

  Question: Was Hera ever married to anoyher God?

  Answer: No.

  Question: What were the games of Hera

  Answer: click on the menu directory below then click on olympics.

  Question: what could hera turn into

  Answer: She could turn into almost anything. Mainly she liked to turn into an old woman. She could not assume the shape of Aphrodite or Athena at their most beautiful, but she could come close.

  Question: How old was Hera when she was hung or killed or died?

  Answer: Zeus hung Hera up so he could whip her not so he could kill her. He wanted to make the wife he was married to behave. Since she was an immortal goddess she can not be killed. Zeus was able to overpower Hera because he was stronger than she was. But just because he was stronger than she was did not mean that he was able to control her. After she was whipped she used other ways to get back at Zeus. She even seduced him into sex so he would be distracted from his work and she would get her way.

  Question: Is there any stories on Hera explaining natural phenomena?

  Answer: Yes. The story of Hera creating the Milky Way does this.

  Question: What is the story when Hera drops Hercules from the clouds?

  Answer: "Ixion fell in love with Hera and attempted to rape her; and when Hera reported it, Zeus, wishing to know if the thing were so, made a cloud in the likeness of Hera and laid it beside him; and when Ixion boasted that he had enjoyed the favours of Hera, Zeus bound him to a wheel, on which he is whirled by winds through the air; such is the penalty he pays. And the cloud, impregnated by Ixion, gave birth to Centaurus."

  Question: In the Iliad, Did Hera try to use sex to influence or manipulate Zeus?

  Answer: Hera did not just try, she succeeded in using sex to manipulate Zeus. This proves that their marriage was disfunctional. Zeus was very dependent upon kinky sex and Hera felt very good about the control she got by being kinky. Though this made for a lively sex life neither achieved much in the way of satisfaction.

  Question: In the Iliad, Did Hera Use sex in any way to try to persuade Zeus to stop sleeping with other immortal and mortal women?

  Answer: No. Hera's use of kinky sex only increased Zeus's appetite and caused him to consider other adventures in the false hope of satisfaction. Satisfaction comes best when each partner is concerned about the other's pleasure and the result comes from a join effort.

  Question: WAS HERA PART OF THE TROJAN WAR?

  Answer: Yes.

  Question: WHAT WAS THE TROJAN WAR?

  Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Trojan war.

  Question: How.old.was.Hrea.when.she.married.Zeus??

  Answer: Goddesses mature very fast. She was probably ready to marry Zeus when she was only 2 days old. Then they stay in a state of perennial youth. She may have been one thousand years old when she actually married Zeus but she looked like a maid of sweet sixteen.

  Question: Hom was Hercules related to Hera

  Answer: Heracles and Hera are related, but it is not a family relationship, nor is it friendly. First, their names are related. Heracles is Hera + kles. Perhaps it is Hera + key. Certainly Hera is key to Herakles. Hera's vindictiveness makes Hera the nemesis of Heracles. Hera tries to make Heracles suffer for the actions of his mother and in this way provides us with the great stories of his labors. Hera and Heracles are finally reconciled and he married her daughter Hebe.

  Question: What are some initiations of Juno?

  Answer: I cannot help you with Roman Religion. The most common initiation for Hera involves participation in a beauty contest. Other initiations might include cultic nudity, seclusion, and the threat of human sacrifice. The most common association of human sacrifice for the Greeks was the transition of maiden to married woman.

  Question: here can I find lifelike pictures of Hera?

  Answer: This should work: Click here

  Question: what was done to hera and her two children by zeus?

  Answer:

  • Zeus freed Hera by causing Cronus to disgorge her.
  • Zeus changed into a cuckoo bird which became Hera's pet.
  • Zeus marritd Hera.
  • Zeus tied two anvils to the feet of Hera and hung her out of heaven so he could whip her to keep her from annoying Heracles.
  • Zeus cast Hepaestus out of heaven when he tried to rescue his mother, Hera. In the process Hephaestus was lamed.

  Question: do you have any quotes from hera

  Answer: Search above on the word 'quote'.

  Question: Is there a picture that I can get of Zeus Here and Hesita all in one?

  Answer: Cick here

  Question: How did Hera dress?

  Answer: See above.

  Question: What are the most important things to know about Queen Hera?

  Answer: Hera is the goddess of marriage and the jealous wife of Zeus, the main godhead.

  Question: did hera and zeuse have it

  Answer: They had almost anything they wanted. They are a goddess and a god after all.

  Question: who are her allies and enemies and why?

  Answer: When you are a goddess you have no need of allies and you have no enemies of any great account. Man and women need Hera as an ally and if she becomes their enemy they are destroyed. The trick is to keep the goddesses on your good side. The Iliad suggests that Hera and Athena were allies against the Trojans but this is not correct. The Trojan's found favor with Aphrodite while their Greek opponents found favor with Athena and Hera. But this does not mean that Aphrodite and Hera were enemies. Zeus liked the gods and goddesses to strive against one another, but he would not allow them to be enemies.

  Question: Who was her favorite daughter?

  Answer: Hebe.

  Question: Was Hera a mean person

  Answer: She was mainly mean to the other women that her husband Zeus was involved with sexually. This response was not effective and quite damaging to Hera. Her marriage was a problem that she did not deal with very well. It did make for good stories though.

  Question: did she only marry Zeus

  Answer: Hera has only been married to Zeus.

  Question: is she real

  Answer: Marriage is very real and very important.

  Question: what are hera's features like

  Answer: All Hera's features are fine and noble.

  Question: What is the name of the city that worships the goddess Hera?

  Answer: All the Greek cities worshipped the goddess Hera and she was included in any temple for Zeus. She had her own temples at Samos, Argos Corinth, Naucratis, and Plataea. The territory of Argos was hers.

  Question: What is Hera's favorite color?

  Answer: Peacock blue.

  Question: is there anything symbolic about her? if so what do they mean?

  Answer: The myth of Io deals with one of her most common symbols, that of the cow and the peacock. The myth is difficult because Hera can be identified with Io. In the myth Io is a priestess of Hera who Zeus falls in love with. She then gets turned into a cow who is guarded by a many-eyed man. When the many-eyed man is killed his eyes are placed on the tail of the peacock. She is then chased by a gadfly to Egypt where she returns to human form and bears important children. In Egypt she is identified with the goddess Isis who like Io is represented with cow's horns. The cow is also associated with the moon goddess.

  Question: how old would hera be today

  Answer: I like to date her from the construction of the venus figures, or about 28,000 years ago, but others date her older than that. Her birth probabaly occurred when man first realised the existence of gods or goddesses, but no one has identified when this was.

  Question: Are there any good stories about Hera on the internet? If so, where?

  Answer: I have listed the various stories above. Now use a search engine to find the stories yourself using keywors from the stories such as Callisto, Io, Hera, peacock, etc.

  Question: homeric hyme about Hera

  XII. TO HERA (5 lines)
  
  (ll. 1-5) I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare.  Queen of
  the immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty: she is the sister
  and the wife of loud-thundering Zeus, -- the glorious one whom
  all the blessed throughout high Olympus reverence and honour even
  as Zeus who delights in thunder.
  

  Question: How is Hera used today?

  Answer: A few people have decided that the worship of Hera is useful and so they have returned to her worship. Many more profit by studying her myths. Myths not only reveal the ancient culture that held them but they may also reveal insights into ones own religion. The Ancient Greek goddesses are often used as personifications of aspects of our culture. In this respect their study can reveal much about the psychology and sociology of our culture.

  Question: why is the peacock one of Heras symbols?

  Answer: Both are regal and proud.

  Question: did hera have a kingdome?

  Answer: Marriage was her realm.

  Question: who were hera's son but not zeus's

  Answer: Hera was goddess of marriage and did not cheat on her husband.

  Question: hera and narcissus

  Answer: Look to the Roman poet Ovid for this story.

  Questions: Why did the worship of Hera fall in 125 AD?

  Answer: Greek doubts about their polytheistic religion became unbearable and they converted to Christianity.

  Questions: was hercules hera's son

  Answer: The myths say no, but his name Herakles, which means something like Hera's fame, suggests that he was. At any rate they were both characters in the same story.

  Questions: did people just made her up ?

  Answer: No. The ancient Greeks believed the truth of their myths and they believed the truth was revealed to special people who had the power to communicate with the devine. In many cases this truth was believed to be revealed by the muses to bards who wrote this truth as poems. In other cases priests, priestesses, or soothsayers found these things in their work. You need to remember that one man's myth is another man's religion.

  Questions: how many hours do you work everyday to anwser the questions for the 'Hera'? When are my questions going to anwsered? Because of my due date is after spring brake, I really need my questions before it. the information of Hera was great! Thanks alot

  Answer: I spend all my working hours answering questions about the role of women in the art of ancient Greece. There are many questions to answer and I am currently running about 10 days behind.

  Question: what is the story of hera and peacocks

  Answer: Why Hera liked peacocks in not clear but when she was persecuting Zeus's lover Io, she had him watched by a hundred eyed one, Argus Panoptes. When Zeus got Hermes to dispatch Argus his eyes became part of the peacock's tail.

  Question: d to Hercules????

  Answer: Hera was angry that the mother of Herakles was attractive to Zeus who was Herakles's father. She took out her anger on Herakles by challenging him with obstacles. He became a hero by conquering the obstacles. There is a sense in which Hera made Herakles a hero.

  Question: did hera have any good qualities?

  Answer: Every goddess has the power to do good. The question is whether she uses that power. In many myths Hera gets a bad press, but she was kind to Jason while he was on the voyage of the Argo. In fact her all too human nature seemed to make her easier to approach than the other goddesses and her worship was popular. She rewarded some of her worshippers with the gift of prophecy, which was much appreciated in ancient Greece.

  Question: Why is it that Hera called the most beautiful goddess, when we know that Aphrodite is indeed the goddess of love

  Answer: It may just be the opinion of the particular writer. In fact most of the goddesses are beautiful, especially Hera, Aphrodite, Athena, and Artemis. Paris decided Aphrodite was the most beautiful, but Oenone, his lover wanted him to choose Athena. But Zeus did the smart thing and passed off the choice to Paris. It might be better not to pick than to receive the animosity of the losers. One moral of the Trojan war is that it is unwise to put one goddess on your side if it puts two against you.

  Question: What was the marriage between Zues and Hera like?

  Answer: It was a grand affair with important beings in attendance. here is a picture of it: Click here

  Question: How old was Hera when she married Zeus

  Answer: She was the perfect age for a woman to marry.

  Question: What did the goddess do

  Answer: She maintained her realm and answered petitions.

  Question: What is the modern day relevance for hera

  Answer: Her realm of marriage is still very important.

  Question: who is Hera's master?

  Answer: Only Zeus, who is everybody's master.

  Question: how many sex affairs did hera have

  Answer: Hera was the goddess of marriage and stuck it out with her husband Zeus through thick and thin. Her marriage was quite stormy so you have to give her credit for sticking it out. Her husband was not nearly so faithful as she was.

  Question: here did Hera try to kill Hercules?

  Answer: Hera sends serpents to kill infant Herakles (Apollodorus 2.4.8)

  Question: Why was Hera so jealos of Zeus?

  Answer: Hera was the goddess of marriage.

  Question: In one of your answers, you said that Hera and Zeus got married before the other gods and goddess. My question is, at this point, who were the other gods and goddess at their wedding?

  Answer: The marriage of Zeus and Hera must have come after several marriages especially Cronus and Rhea and Uranus and Gaea. In the following picture the Charities or Horai attend Hera and Zeus: Click here.

  Question: what types of pratices were peformed

  Answer: A throne to Hera looks like a chair to us. Others sat on stools. Example: Click here

  Question: how many sisters did Hera have?

  Answer: Two, Hestia and Demeter.

  Question: what did the cow represent

  Answer: The cow is the same cow of the myth of Io and probably represents fertility.

  Question: Did Hera realy send rage to Herucles?

  Answer: Not really. Hera caused Herakles to go mad. This is easy for a goddess. A goddess can change her appearance in many ways including becoming a phantasm. A phantasm is all illusion and no substance. The phantasm appears as something Herakes hates yet it surrounds someone he loves. If he attacks the phantasm he attacks his beloved. This event will make anyone crazy.

  Question: What are some books about her?

  Answer:

  • The Transformation of Hera
  • Virgin Mother Crone: Myths & Mysteries of the Triple Goddess
  • We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera
  • The Glory of Hera
  • From Hera to Fantasy Heroine
  • Studies in Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica

  Question: were hera, athena, and aphrodite freinds?

  Answer: They were like sisters.

  Question: did hera kill her kids

  Answer: No. This would not work for the goddess of marriage.

  Question: How does Hera appear in our society?

  Answer: We have marriage counselors.

  Question: Why did hera get married to her brother?

  Answer: There was nobody else to marry in her class. Her choice was which brother to marry. It was Pluto, Poseidon, or Zeus. There were a few deities outside of her class, but why they were not available is not clear. It might have been necessitated by politics. Zeus, the head of his religion was mated to Hera, the head of her religion.

  Question: How many years was Hera when she had her first baby?

  Answer: Ages of goddesses do not mean a lot and do not make sense. It is best to say that she had her first baby at the perfect age for women to have their first baby.

  Question: Was Hera a redhead ?

  Answer: I find no references to her hair color in the ancient literature. All images make her hair black or brown. I think red is a possibility that might explain her temper, but dramatic red would probably have been mentioned in the literature.

  Question: how old is she!

  Answer: At least 27,000 years old if not older.

  Question: how does she feel towards women in general?

  Answer: If they are suitably respectful and do not try to seduce Zeus, she is very patronizing.

  Question: is hera and juno the same person?

  Answer: Not exactly. Juno is the Roman version of Hera. She adopted all of Hera's myths, but she has a few of her own.

  Question: The name of land named after a women riding a bull? Is the answer Ionia?

  Answer: No! Europe.

  Question: why hera a good warrior

  Answer: Hera schemes, but Athena and Artemis fight. Hera acts like a general but she is not a warrior.

  Question: what is a great deed or necessary service Hera performed?

  Answer: Hera was the goddess of marriage. As such she managed the institution of marriage. She listened to petitions and prayers and meted out punishments for infractions of her rules or rewards for obedience. Her greatest deed was probably her marriage to Zeus, for which she had to put up with great indignities.

  Question: was there anything good that hera ever did?

  Answer: As the goddess of marriage Hera helped many women to have good marriages. She also helped Jason.

  Question: what relationships did hera have with other gods

  Answer: Except for Zeus, who she has a stormy marriage with, she has little to do with the other gods. She also has little to do with the goddesses to whom Zeus is sexually attracted. She is nasty to the goddesses who cross her and patronizing to those that aid her.

  Question: does hera have big tits?

  Answer: Because Hera is a goddess, everything she has is a perfect size.

  Question: did hera have an emblem or talisman

  Answer: A picture of a cow or a peacock.

  Question: who was tthe preistess of hera at argoswho was loved by zeus?

  Answer: Io.

  Question: Is hera related or share the same stories with other gods or goddesses?

  Answer: All the deities are related and share stories.

  Question: How is hera related to present day

  Answer: The institution of marriage in still important, but Hera does not set a good example anymore.

  Question: Why aren't there any recent pictures? ex: like any modern person now painting pic.

  Answer: Hera has not inspired modern artists nearly as much as Aphrodite and Athena, though she is sometimes seen in the context of the judgement of Paris.

  Question: I thought gods and goddesses did't die, right?

  Answer: Normally this is the case, but not always. Living deities are not allowed in Hades, so Hades and Persephone are dead when they are there. Medusa was a mortal goddess who was killed. Some deities have been bad so Zeus had to confine them in Tatarus, which is as good as being dead. Finally, some nymphs seem to have committed suicide.

  Question: did she kill her husband

  Answer: The goddess of marriage would not do this. Nor does she have the power. Hera plus all the other gods and goddesses together do not have the power of Zeus, her husband.

  Question: was hera strong

  Answer: Hera was very strong as any goddess is much stronger than any man. Of the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera are the strongest, but all the gods and goddesses besides Zeus put together do not equal Zeus.

  Question: what kind of clothes did Hera wear?

  Answer: Clothes fit for a queen.

  Question: what word can you use in general to describe Hera?

  Answer: Vain.

  Question: why does hera place sacrafises on only serten people

  Question: She is vain and fickle.

  Question: how did hera drive hercules??

  Answer: She made trouble and obstacles for him.

  Question: how many nymphs did she punish because she was jealous that Zeus was flirting with them

  Answer: Hera is not able to punish nymphs because they are goddesses like she is.

  Question: WHERE CAN I FIND A POEM ON HERA?

  Answer: XII. TO HE There is much about Hera in the Iliad. Also Hesiod wrote:

  
  XII. TO HERA (5 lines)
  
  
  
  (ll. 1-5) I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare.  Queen of
  
  the immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty: she is the sister
  
  and the wife of loud-thundering Zeus, -- the glorious one whom
  
  all the blessed throughout high Olympus reverence and honour even
  
  as Zeus who delights in thunder.    
  

  Question: The major goddesses such as Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena had realms that were universal, while some of the nymphs had geographical limitations, such as the river and stream nymphs, or Europa, or Asia

  Question: how did hera get to mt olypus

  Answer: All goddesses have the power to move through the air and they can go in this way anywhere.

  Question: If Zues hung Hera wouldn't she be still alive?

  Answer: Zeus hung Hera by the hands to punish her. She is an immortal goddess.

  Question: why was she so mean to Hercules

  Answer: She was trying to punish Zeus who fathered Herakles by another women. In the process she made Herakles into a hero. Herakles means "pride of Hera".

  Question: What was her job

  Answer: As the goddess of marriage she has to maintain the institution of marriage. She listens to petitions (prayers) and acts upon them. She also punishes transgressors and provides favors to helpful persons.

  Question: Was Hera ever asked to be marrid by a other god?

  Answer: No. No god would mess with the wife of Zeus.

  Question: did hera have big boobs?

  Answer: Because Hera is a goddess, everything she has is a perfect size.

  Question: what constitutes the genre of mythology?

  Answer: Mythology deals with the ancestry, and origins of a people and includes their religion, deities, ancestors, and heroes. Mythology deals with spiritual values as opposed to facts that can be documented with scientific research.

  Question: did Zues kill Hera

  Answer: No. A goddess cannot be killed.

  Question: what does the statue of hera holding a torch stands for?

  Answer: I cannot find this statue.

  Question: is hera gay

  Answer: We have no way of knowing this. A gay person will often admit to prefering sex with a partner of the same sex. But unless a women tries same sex relations she may not know. Because a woman may take a passive role in a sex relation she can perform sex quite well with a man even though she may prefer sex with a woman. Hera has never had any sexual relations with a woman that I know of so she does not know whether she prefers lesbian sex or not.

  Question: why did zeus hang hera

  Answer: Zeus wanted to punish Hera for tormenting Herakles and he wanted to protect Herakles from Hera while she was hung. He could not punish her but he did protect Herakles.

  Question: what is a good myth about here?

  Answer: Hera helps Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece.

  Question: what does Hera symbolize?

  Answer: Marriage.

  Answer: What year was hera born in and what year did she die on?

  Answer: Hera was an immortal goddess. The Greeks believed the goddesses were all born before mortal time was reckoned.

  Question: Did she kill Zeus?

  Answer: Both Zeus and Hera are immortal and cannot be killed.

  Question: Does Hera have any other names? Such as Io?

  Answer: Acrea, Aeogophagus, Ammonia, Antheia, Argeia, Bunaea, Chera, Gamelia, Henioche, Hippia, Hypercheiria, Imbrasia, Pais, Parthenia, Pelasga, Pharygaea, Prodromia, Samia, Telchinia, Zygia.

  Question: what did people do to win her favour?

  Answer: Prayers, libations, and sacrifices, and respect for the institution of marriage. Humility and service were helpful.

  Question: Did Hera do anything heroic?¿?

  Answer: Only mortals can be heroes. She did help the hero Jason.

  Question: when did hera become a god

  Answer: At conception.

  Question: Can Hera predict the future?

  Answer: All Ancient Greek gods and goddesses can do this.

  Question: Who were the wifes or husbands of Hera's sons or daughter?

  Answer: Hebe eventually married Hercules. Hephaetus is married to Aphrodite in many stories. Ares has many children by different women but he does not seem to have married any.

  Children of Ares:

  • Penthesilia by Otrere
  • Tereus
  • Alcippe by Agraulus
  • Parthenopaeus by Atalanta
  • Phlegyas
  • Harmonia
  • Cycnus
  • Diomedes the Thracian
  • Ascalaphus and Ialmenus
  • Dryas
  • Meleager
  • Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Demonice
  • Melanippus
  • Oenomaus
  • Phlegyas
  • Terror
  • Oxylus by Protogonia

  Question: Explain how Cronus swallowed or ate his kids. Which ones did he eat? why?

  Answer: He made himself into a large snake and swallowed them whole. He wanted to eat all of them but Rhea gave him a stone instead of Zeus. He wanted to eat them because he knew that one of them would overthrow him. He was right.

  Question: is hera a whore

  Answer: No. No goddess is a whore. Only mortal women can be whores. In ancient Greece hetarae were careful not to be whores. They never performed sex for money. They only did favors for their friends. And you had to do a lot to become a friend of a hetaerae. The whores of ancient Greece were slaves who were forced to perform sex by their master. You had to pay money to the master to get sex from the slave.

  Question: Why was Hera so mean

  Answer: There was no Devil for the Greeks. They believed evil came from the whims of the deities. But there is no way that Hera can relly be called mean. The motives of the gods are beyond human cognition. She seems mean but you notice in the myths ultimatly good often comes from her behavior. She seemed mean to Herakles, but she made him into a hero. Ultimately he became a god. She may have provide the path to divity for him. In reality it is had to believe good will come without some effort.

  Question: Name of a child that had a special relationship with Hera and explian.

  Answer: Herakles. She tormented him until he became the greatest hero.

  Question: what god has more followers thanhera?

  Answer: This is a difficult and misleading question. A person in ancient Greece could not choose to follow one deity instead of another. If you followed one it may mean you rejected others. You could not afford to reject any deity because that deity might do you in. If you prayed to one in time of special need that would be understood especially if the deity ruled the realm wher the need was located. But it was important that the worshipped satisfy all the deities. There were many case where a deity was forgotten with disasterous consequences.

  Question: Why is there a godess like this?

  Answer: It is true enough to answer that she was born this was. But you can go way beyond this. The study of ancient religions are interesting because they reveal a lot about human nature, and they reveal a lot about the societies that held them. Hera's struggles probably reveal a lot about women's struggles in the ancient Greek Society. The ancient Greek women probably had a hard time keeping their husbands faithful and they probably worked hard at it. As Hera had power so the women had power but they also had to put up with humiliation.

  Question: what does hera do for a living?

  Answer: On the Earth man lives in society governed by various types of political systems using legislated and enforced laws. In the heavens deities rule using divine laws. Divine laws are not enforced, but rather cause events to happen by necessity. The ancient Greeks felt that these divine laws came about though the legislation of the deities. These deities were an aristocracy divided into separate realms and sub-realms. The deities of the sub-realms were the servants of the deities of the realm. Zeus ruled over all with all reality divided into twelve realms under him. Hera was the goddess of marriage which formed one of the twelve realms. Her job was to legislate divine laws relating to marriage. She made a rule a law simply by thinking about it. As with mortal government legislation was easy. Unlike mortal law enforcement is easy. The problem comes with the results. Many suffer under the effects of a law and seek consideration and redress. These so effected petition Hera in the form of prayers which she must listen to. She must then take action on the basis of the facts presented. This is how Hera spends most of her time. She considers prayers and decides whether to answer them or not. She answers them by bring into reality what is prayed for.

  Question: where can i find a picture of the symbols of hera

  Answer:

  • Roman peacock
  • cow

  Question: Isn't she supposed to look all mighty. She looks like a chicken. Is there any more heroic strong, intimating, scary pictures of her?

  Answer: Normally the ancient Greeks tried to patronize her so they imaged her as a beautiful young woman. But she chould change her shape to anything she wanted to be. Here are some monster forms she might assume:

  • Snaky monster
  • Geryon, the three-bodied monster
  • Two monsters

  Question: what is the myth of hera and the cucktoo?

  Answer: See: Click here. But Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.17.1 states, "The presence of a cuckoo seated on the sceptre they explain by the story that when Zeus was in love with Hera in her maidenhood he changed himself into this bird, and she caught it to be her pet.

  Question: when students today read about Hera, what is one thing hera would like everyone to remember?

  Answer: A good marriage is hard work but well worth it.

  Question: how did hera feel about her parents?

  Answer: She loves and honors them.

  Question: in what ways has hera appeared in art and literature?

  Answer: In Ancient Greece Hera made an appearance in the Iliad of Homer and later in the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes. Since then she has been a steady fixture of images of the Judgement of Paris. But she has been considerably less popular than Aphrodite and Athena.

  Question: What did hera like most about her childhood?

  Answer: Hera spent her entire childhood swallowed by her father Cronus. Fortunately the childhood of goddesses is short. She was really happy when Zeus freed her from this difficult situation.

  Question: Were there any major conflicts against Hera and Alcmene? If so, what happened?

  Answer: Hera tried to interfere with Alcmena's pragnancy but she was not successful.

  Question: WHAT DID HERA CREATE?

  Answer: The children she produced is the result of a creative act. But a goddess normally creats very little besides thoughts. These thoughts form universal laws of nature by which things behave. When humans produce things they must obey the laws of nature which the gods ordain. Since Hera is the goddess of marriage, family life is most affected by her creation.

  Question: Who is Hera's uncle?

  Any of the male Titans except Cronus would be her uncle: Atlas, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Oceanus, Pallas, Persus, Prometheus.

  Question: What did hera feel when she knew that her husband was cheating on her.

  Answer: She felt there was not a whole lot she could do about it. But she did try to maintain her marriage and her dignity even though the other deities were aware of what was going on. In this way she set an example for other women. One wonders what kind of example Zeus set for the men. Hera should have set the example for both sexes. Marriage plainly involves give and take and it seems unlikely that the woman is the only one to give. Divine marriages did not alway occur for moral reasons; the hope is the ancient Greek families understood this and based their marriage on more practical examples. It is possible that Zeus provided an example of what not

  Question: why can't hera marry any one then