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==Typhoon – the giant serpent==One of the features of the In one story, Echo was a nymph in Greek gods legend who was the phenomenon a spirit of parthenogenous. This is where the deities were thought to be capable a forest or a body of asexual reproduction, that is males and females could produce offspring without a sexual partnerwater. Zeus in some accounts gave birth to her the Goddess Athena and she emerged job of distracting Hera from his head, fully formedZeus'sexual adventures. This greatly angered Hera who saw it as Echo was a betrayal charmer and a slight to her own children with Zeus. In the myths, flatterer and she is shown as feeling threatened by the arrival of Athena. The Goddess of women and marriage then goes on to pray to Gaia, (the Earth Mother), was very successful in distracting Hera for a son who would be the equal of Zeus. Gaia heard her prayers and decides to enable her to have a childlong time. This was done because However, when Hera discovered that she was angry with Zeus for the destruction of the Giants. Gaia tells the wife of Zeus to go to Cronus and he gives tricking her two eggs , she cursed Echo so that have been smeared with his semen. Hera buried them and from them emerged she would only repeat the huge serpent-monster Typhoonwords of others forever. However, soon after This is birth, Hera is reconciled with the King origin of the Gods and tells him about the monster. Later Zeus battles with Typhoon for control of the cosmos and the Father of the Gods emerges victorious<ref> Renehan, p. 113</ref>. It appears that Zeus did not blame Hera and they continued to be married, even if it was not domestic blissword echo.
==Hera and Hercules==Hercules is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology and tales of his Seven Labors were very popular in the Ancient World. This demi-god was the son of Zeus and Alcmene, who was already married when Zeus impregnated herportrayed as a powerful Goddess. Hera She rode in nearly every account hated Hercules. Not only was she angered a chariot drawn by Zeus’ betrayals’ but two horses and she feared that the child would eventually be the heir had her own retinue of Gods. Despite the King adverse treatment of the Gods. In many storiesHera, Hera hates him so much that she attempted to kill the infantwas also feared and was fervently worshipped, Herculesespecially by women. She sent two snakes to kill the infant in his cradle, but the remarkable Hercules managed to kill the snakes. Alcemne Hera was so worried about the wrath Goddess of Hera that she abandoned her infant son on a slope, which marriage and anyone who broke their marriage vows was a common form of infanticide in the Greek World. However, Athena, his half-sister Athena managed believed to save him and deceived Hera into thinking that he was dead. Later when Hercules reached manhood have personally insulted her and began his labors, the Queen committed an act of hubris against the Gods did all in her considerable power to harm the son of ZeusGoddess. Later they were reconciled with the King of the Gods and Hercules married her daughter Hebe <ref>Powell, p. 89118</ref>She punished unfaithful husbands and was believed to harm anyone who injured animals that were sacred to her. People also thought that Hera could help women in childbirth. Hera played a crucial role in the Trojan War.
==Semele and Dionysus==Zeus had an affair with Semele Because of the beautiful daughter judgment of CadmusParis, she hated the Theban King. Zeus disguised himself so that he could have an affair with Semele. Hera found out about the affair Trojans, and she decided did all she could to have her revenge. She disguised herself as a nurse and tricked Zeus to show himself help the Greeks in his true form to Semele and when he did his thunder and lightning destroyed his belovedtheir siege of Troy. Despite Zeus took Semele's unborn child and completed its gestation by sewing it into his own thigh. He later became the god of Dionysusmany affairs, no story survives where Hera was unfaithful to her husband, the deity of wine and all forms of intoxicationshe was an ever-loyal if long-suffering wife. It is also claimed in some accounts of this God, that he later retrieved his mother from the realm of the dead. This was probably at a time when Zeus and Hera were on good terms<ref>PowellRenehan, p. 89113</ref>Not that she did not have her own admirers. When King Ixion, had the temerity to try and seduce Hera, Zeus did not take it well. The King of the Gods bound Ixion to a burning solar wheel, spinning across the heavens for all eternity.
==Conclusion==The stories above are just some of After Zeus destroyed the incidents recounted from Greek mythology regarding Zeus infidelities and Hera’s vengeance. The Goddess of womengiants, Hera prayed to Gaia, marriagethe Earth Mother, and childbirth had for a complex relationship with son who would be the equal of Zeus. He was frequently unfaithful Gaia heard her prayers and humiliated enabled her with his affairs with mortals. To be a Goddess and to have your husband betray you with mere mortals was insultinga child on her own. Then the fact that Zeus was having illegitimate children was a grievous insult Gaia told Hera to Cronus asked her to the Goddess of Marriage. Then it appears give him two eggs that she had genuine feelings for her husband been smeared with his semen. Hera was worshipped in buried them and Typhoon a society that believed in vengeance and its morality was very different giant sea monster emerged from those from the Judaeo-Christian tradition. Heras cruelty was legendarythem. However, this was not something that would have shocked soon after is birth, Hera reconciled with Zeus the King of the Greeks. The Gods were great powers and they were not concerned with humanstold him about the monster. Later, from who they only sought respect. Nor would her hatred Zeus battled Typhoon for control of the lovers of Zeus being seen as something immoral but would have been deemed to be understandablecosmos and he emerged victorious. However<ref> Renehan, it must be remembered that while p. 113</ref> Zeus did not blame Hera often hated Zeus, because of his infidelities, and they were always reconciled and continued to live together in Olympusbe married, even if it was not domestic bliss.
MorfordIn many stories, Mark POHera hates him so much that she attempted to kill Hercules when he was an infant. She sent two snakes to kill the infant in his cradle, and Robert Jbut remarkably Hercules managed to kill the snakes. Alcemne was so worried about the wrath of Hera that she abandoned her infant son on a slope, which was a common form of infanticide in the Greek World. LenardonHowever, Athena, his half-sister Athena managed to save him. Classical mythologyShe deceived Hera into thinking that he was dead. Oxford University PressLater when Hercules reached manhood and began his labors, USAthe Queen of the Gods did all in her considerable power to harm the son of Zeus. Later they were reconciled with the King of the Gods and Hercules married her daughter Hebe.<ref>Powell, 1999p.;l89</ref>
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The Olympian gods were very human in their emotions and behaviors. They too experienced jealousy, envy and were vengeful and were often more irrational and unpredictable than people. A particularly good example of this is the Queen of the Gods Hera, who was vindictive, vengeful and cunning. Her relationship with her husband the King of the Gods, Zeus was turbulent, to say the least.
The King of the Olympian deities was notorious for his many sexual relationships with humans and demi-gods and he . He had many numerous children with his lovers. Hera was constantly betrayed by her husband and he made to look foolish. Hera's hatred of Zeus was justified and she sought revenge against many of his lovers.
====Who is Hera?====
Hera was often known as the mother of the Gods. She had eight children, and seven of these were fathered by Zeus, except for Typhoon (more on this later). Among the children she had with the King of the Gods was Ares, the God of War. Another of their children was Hephaestus, the deity of metalworking and Angelo, a goddess of the underworld. Hera was not a maternal figure, and she was not interested in justice or even morality. She even cast one of her children out of Olympus because she thought the infant was too ugly. Hera was arrogant, headstrong and vain and portrayed as a cunning and manipulative wife by poets such as Homer.<ref> Beckwith, Miles C. “The’ Hanging of Hera’ and the Meaning of Greek ἄκμων.” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1998): 91-102</ref>
====Why do Hera and Zeus have a love/hate relationship?====
[[File: Temple of Hera - Agrigento - Italy 2015.JPG|200px|thumb|left|A Temple of Hera in Sicily]]
Hera had frequent rows with and Zeus and on several occasions, the Father of the Gods punished his wife for these conflictsfrequently clashed. The relationship between Zeus and Hera was a complex one , and the King of the Gods, did love his wife , and she loved him. However, as we will see he had a wandering eye , and Hera knew this and she . The Goddess did all she could to retain his affections. On one occasion she borrowed the girdle of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, and with this, she was able to briefly charm and fascinate Zeus- but only for a while . But his affection was temporary and he continued to have countless affairs. Often, she Her portrayal of Greek myths is portrayed in Greek myth often extremely negative. The myths often sought to portray her as someone who is rather ridiculous as because she tried and failed to stop Zeus' many affairs. Echo was a nymph in Greek legend, which can best be understood as a spirit of a forest or a body of water. She was given the job distracting Hera from Zeus many sexual adventures. Echo was something of a charmer and a flatterer and he was very successful for a long time. However, Hera discovered that she was tricked and cursed the Echo so that she would forever only repeat the words of others. This is the origin of the word echo. Despite this Hera was a powerful Goddess and she rode in a chariot drawn by two horses and she had her own retinue of Gods. Despite the many portrayals of her as a deceived wife, she was also much feared and was fervently worshipped, especially by women. Hera was the Goddess of marriage and anyone who broke their marriage vows, was thought to have insulted her and committed an act of hubris against the Goddess <ref> Powell, p. 118</ref>. She was believed to have punished unfaithful husbands and was believed to also harm those who injured those animals who were sacred to her. The Queen of the Gods was also believed to help women in childbirth. Hera played a crucial role in the Trojan War. Because of the judgment of Paris, she hated the Trojans and she did all she could to help the Greeks in their siege of Troy. Despite Zeus' many affairs, there is no story that survives that Hera was unfaithful to her husband and she was an ever-loyal if long-suffering wife <ref> Renehan, p. 113</ref>. Not that she did not have her own admirers. When King Ixion, had the temerity to try and seduce Hera, Zeus did not take it well. The King of the Gods bound to a burning solar wheel, spinning across the heavens for all eternity.;l
==Io and Hera==Typhoon – the giant serpent====Another one One of the more prominent affairs of Zeus was with Io, who was ironically a priestess features of Hera. When the Goddess heard about this she Greek gods was furious, and she turned the unfortunate Io into a white cowphenomenon of parthenogenesis. Now Hera knew that Zeus would transform This is where the white heifer back into her old female form and continue the affair. She had a 100 eyed giant Argos, deities were thought to keep watch on the heifer and to tell her if Zeus tried to change her back to her human form. Zeus, as cunning as ever, sent Hermes and he lulled the 100 eyed monster to sleep and killed it. Io in the form be capable of the white heifer escapedasexual reproduction. The Queen of the Gods saw this Male and she sent female gods could produce offspring without a gadfly to torment the heifersexual partner. Io Zeus in some accounts gave birth to the form of the cow was driven half-mad by the gadfly<ref>PowellGoddess Athena when she emerged from his head, pfully formed. 99</ref>. It was typical of the cruelty of This greatly angered Hera, who was shown in the myths saw it as a betrayal and a slight to be given to fits of rage. Later when Hera had become reconciled to Zeus it seems that Io was turned back into her old form by own children with Zeus. It In the myths, she is believed to have married a future King shown as feeling threatened by the arrival of EgyptAthena.
==Further Reading==Hera and Hercules====Hansen, Randall, Hercules is one of the greatest heroes of Greek mythology. The tales of his Seven Labors were very popular in the Ancient World. Hercules was a demi-god and William Fthe son of Zeus and Alcmene. HansenAlcmene was married when Zeus impregnated her. Handbook Hera in nearly every account hated Hercules. Not only was she angered by Zeus’ betrayals’ but she feared that the child would eventually be the heir of classical mythology. Abc-clio, 2004the King of the Gods.;l
====Semele and Dionysus====Zeus had an affair with Semele the beautiful daughter of Cadmus, the Theban King. Zeus disguised himself so that he could have an affair with Semele. Hera found out about the affair and she decided to have her revenge. She disguised herself as a nurse and tricked Zeus to show himself in his true form to Semele. When he turned into his true form his thunder and lightning killed Semele. Zeus took Semele's unborn child and completed its gestation by sewing it into his own thigh. He later became the god of Dionysus, the deity of wine and all forms of intoxication. It is also claimed in some accounts of this God, that he later retrieved his mother from the realm of the dead. This was probably at a time when Zeus and Hera were on good terms.<ref>Powell, p. 89</ref> ====Io and Hera====Another one of the more prominent affairs of Zeus was with Io, who was ironically a priestess of Hera. When the Goddess heard about this she was furious, and she turned the unfortunate Io into a white cow. Now Hera knew that Zeus would transform the white heifer back into her old female form and continue the affair. She had a 100 eyed giant Argos, to keep watch on the heifer and to tell her if Zeus tried to change her back to her human form. Zeus, as cunning as ever, sent Hermes and he lulled the 100 eyed monster to sleep and killed it. Io in the form of the white heifer escaped. The Queen of the Gods saw this and she sent a gadfly to torment the heifer. Io in the form of the cow was driven half-mad by the gadfly.<ref>Powell, p. 99</ref> It was typical of the cruelty of Hera, who was shown in the myths to be given to fits of rage. Later when Hera had become reconciled to Zeus it seems that Io was turned back into her old form by Zeus. She later married a future King of Egypt. ====Conclusion====The stories above are just some of the incidents recounted from Greek mythology regarding Zeus infidelities and Hera’s vengeance. The Goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth had a complex relationship with Zeus. He was frequently unfaithful and humiliated her with his affairs with mortals. To be a Goddess and to have your husband betray you with mere mortals was insulting. The fact that Zeus was having illegitimate children was also a grievous insult to the Goddess of Marriage. Still, she had genuine feelings for her husband. Hera was worshipped in a society that believed in vengeance and its morality was very different from those from the Judaeo-Christian tradition. Hera's cruelty was legendary. However, this would not have shocked the Greeks. Nor would her hatred of Zeus' the lovers be seen as immoral but would have been deemed to be understandable. However, it must be remembered that while Hera often hated Zeus, because of his infidelities, they continued to live together in Olympus. ====Further Reading====Hansen, Randall, and William F. Hansen. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576072266/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1576072266&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=b36bb079c0b18dd10b2365b100d13a26 Handbook of classical mythology]. Abc-clio, 2004. Morford, Mark PO, and Robert J. Lenardon. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0190851643/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0190851643&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=b928c6051a566b381addfc3ad50fbaf2 Classical mythology]. Oxford University Press, USA, 1999. O'Brien, Joan V. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847678083/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0847678083&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=881bc6b6ae4ff328c230c031651079e5 The transformation Transformation of Hera: A study of ritual, hero, and the goddess in the Iliad]. Rowman & Littlefield, 1993. ====References====<references/> [[Category:Wikis]] [[Category:Myths and Gods]] [[Category: Ancient Greek Myths]]
