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HERA

2. HERA Greek Name: Hera Roman Name: Juno Goddess of marriage and
childbirth
Queen of the Olympians
and Heaven

3. Family Daughter of CRONUS and RHEA Part of a family of 6 children:
Sisters: DEMETER and HESTIA
Brothers: HADES, POSEIDON, and ZEUS (Also Married to ZEUS)

4. Symbols Pomegranate: Symbol of marital
love and fertility, but also blood
and death.
Peacock: Symbol of immortality
Lily: Representing Feminism

5. Hera and Hercules Zeus had an affair with a mortal women named Alcmene
They had a child, Hercules (half god & half human)
Hera was jealous and wanted revenge  sent two serpents to Hercules’ crib to strangle him
Hercules was half god so he strangled the serpents instead
Hercules grew up and got married and had three sons, Hera sent a madness, which made him kill his own family.

6. Hera and the Peacock Zeus fell in love with Io, a priestess of Hera
Hera turned her into a cow and gave her to Argos, monster with 100 eyes, to guard her.
Zeus tried to help Io and called for Hermes, his messenger, to kill Argos
Hermes hypnotized the monster, who feel in a deep sleep and was destroyed by Hermes
Hera knew all about this plan and had removed the eyes of Argos the day before, Hera transferred all of his eyes into the tail of a peacock in his honor.