HERA

THE EARLY BIRTH OF HERA

• Had several sibilings
• Her dad swallowed her
• Her dad's name was Kronos
• Her mom's name was Rhea

CITY DEVOTED TO HERA

• Argos
• Her temple was in Olympia
• Her temple was destroyed by an earthquake
• She had 2 other main cities, Sparta and Mycenae
• Also associated with Samos

HERA'S CLAIM TO FAME

• Godess of family.
• Godess of marriage.
• Godess of childproom.

HERA'S STORY

• Hera was queen of the Greek gods and the wife of Zeus, the king.
• Hera was goddess of marriage and childbirth.
• She spent a lot of time with Greekmythology
• Hera is described as jealous.
• Loved writing poems

ZEUS & HERA

• He spotted her &fell in love with her
• To basically get her attention he turned himself into a cuckoo
• He stood outside her window and acted frozen
• She let him in and he then revealed his true colors
• They got married in a garden & their honey moon lasted 300 years

THE CUCKOO

• Zeus turned himself into one to get Hera's attention

HERAS QUOTE

• "You were willing to give your life to rescue young women"
• Her son Hercules was willing to give his life for a woman
• Hercules had a big heart, and was a true hero for saving this woman
• Heras husband Zeus told Hercules,"for a true hero isn't measured by the strength, but by his heart.