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The name Hera (Hēra or Hērē) has several possible and mutually exclusive etymologies. One possibility is to connect it with Greek ὥρα hōra, season, and to interpret it as ripe for marriage and according to Plato ἐρατή eratē, "beloved" [3] as Zeus is said to have married her for love. [4]
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
See: The western part of the Roman Empire between AD 395 and 476 See: The eastern part of the Roman Empire between AD 395 and 476 See: The Roman Empire between AD 476 and 1453 (after the loss of the western part) Nation 27 BC: AD 1453: Roman Empire: Latin: IMPERIVM ROMANVM (Imperium Romanum) Pronunciation: Eem-pair-ee-oom Ro-muh-noom Rome ...
In fact, Inanna's name is commonly derived from Nin-anna which literally means "Queen of Heaven" in ancient Sumerian (It comes from the words NIN meaning "lady" and AN meaning "sky"), [10] although the cuneiform sign for her name (Borger 2003 nr. 153, U+12239 𒈹) is not historically a ligature of the two.
Juno (English: / ˈ dʒ uː n oʊ / JOO-noh; Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.She was equated to Hera, queen of the gods in Greek mythology and a goddess of love and marriage.
The child was originally given the name Alcides by his parents; it was only later that he became known as Heracles. [5] He was renamed Heracles in an unsuccessful attempt to mollify Hera, with Heracles meaning Hera's "pride" or "glory". He and his twin were just eight months old when Hera sent two giant snakes into the children's chamber.
Hera agreed to suckle Heracles. As Heracles drinks the milk, he bites down, and Hera pushes him away in pain. The milk that squirts out forms the Milky Way. A story told by the Roman Hyginus in the Poeticon astronomicon (ultimately based on Greek myth) says that the milk came from the goddess Ops (Greek Rhea), the wife of Saturn (Greek Cronus).
Argus was Hera's servant. His great service to the Olympian pantheon was to slay the chthonic serpent-legged monster Echidna as she slept in her cave. [7] Hera's defining task for Argus was to guard the white heifer Io from Zeus, who was attracted to her, keeping her chained to the sacred olive tree at the Argive Heraion. [8]