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Hera was worshipped as "parthenos" (virgin). In a Greek myth Zeus was transformed into a cuckoo to seduce Hera. There were two temples, one of Zeus on the mountain-Cuckoo and one of Hera on the mountain Pron. [106] Olympia. In the festival Heraia young girls competed in a footrace. The race was held every four years and only virgin women were ...
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
In one version, Aëtos was a childhood friend of Zeus who kept him company while the god was hiding in Crete from his father. After Zeus became king, Hera turned Aëtos into an eagle out of fear that Zeus was in love with him. Zeus made the eagle his most prominent and sacred symbol.
Hieros gamos of Hera (shown with Iris) and Zeus, 1900 drawing of a fresco at Pompeii.. Hieros gamos, (from Ancient Greek: ἱερός, romanized: hieros, lit. 'holy, sacred' and γάμος gamos 'marriage') or hierogamy (Ancient Greek: ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία 'holy marriage') is a sacred marriage that takes place between gods, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual ...
She is usually depicted as a naked or semi-nude beautiful woman. Her symbols include the magical girdle, myrtle, roses, and the scallop shell. Her sacred animals include doves and sparrows. Her Roman counterpart is Venus. [1] Apollo (Ἀπόλλων, Apóllōn) God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and ...
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Ancient Greek: Ἶρις, romanized: Îris, lit. 'rainbow,' [2] [3] Ancient Greek:) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, [4] the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera.
One of Hebe's roles was to be the cupbearer to the gods, serving them ambrosia and nectar. [32] In Classical sources, her departure from this role was due to her marriage. Alternatively, the Iliad presented Hebe (and at one instance, Hephaestus) as the cup bearer of the gods with the divine hero Ganymede acting as Zeus's personal cup bearer. [33]
Tiresias said, "Of ten parts a man enjoys one only; But a woman enjoys the full ten parts in her heart". Hera struck him blind, but Zeus, in recompense, gave Tiresias the gift of foresight [note 7] and a lifespan of "seven ordinary lives". [4] Like other oracles, the circumstances in which Tiresias received his prophecies varied. Sometimes he ...