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Though the greatest and earliest free-standing temple to Hera was the Heraion of Samos, in the Greek mainland Hera was especially worshipped as "Argive Hera" (Hera Argeia) at her sanctuary that stood between the former Mycenaean city-states of Argos and Mycenae, [75] [76] where the festivals in her honor called Heraia were celebrated.
Called the Procession of the Hera Argeia, the march left the city of Argos and headed up the sacred way with groups of young women, cows, and armed young men in the parade. [36] In the Histories , Herodotus tells of a specific event that occurred during one of these processions, the story of Kleobis and Biton (1.31).
Temple "D", Agrigento. The so-called Temple of "Hera" (or Roman Juno), otherwise known as Temple D, is a Greek temple in the Valle dei Templi, a section of the ancient city of Agrigentum (ancient Greek Akragas, modern Agrigento) in Sicily.
The Frieze from the Hera I Temple at Foce del Sele by Frances Dodds Van Keuren; Charbonneaux, Jean; Martin, Roland; François, Villard (1969). La Grecia arcaica: (620-480 a.C.). Milano: Rizzoli. [ISBN unspecified] Paola Zancani Montuoro; Umberto Zanotti Bianco (1951). Heraion alla Foce del Sele. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato.
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Temple E, also called the Temple of Hera. Temple E at Selinus in Sicily is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia of the Doric order.It is found on the hill to the east of the city's acropolis.
The Juno Ludovisi (also called Hera Ludovisi) is a colossal Roman marble head of the 1st century CE from an acrolithic statue of an idealized and youthful [3] Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno. [4] Added to the Ludovisi collection formed by Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi , it is now in the Palazzo Altemps , Museo Nazionale Romano , Rome .
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 ...