Olympian
Hera
Ἥρα
Roman:
Juno
Overview
Queen of the gods and goddess of marriage and queenship.
Generation
Olympian
Symbols
Peacock, sceptre, diadem
Children
Related Myths
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Cronus and Rhea
Child swallowed by Cronus -
Zeus Overthrows Cronus
Freed sister of Zeus -
The Titanomachy
Member of the younger divine generation -
The Birth of Apollo and Artemis
Opposes Leto in later traditions -
Dionysus and Semele
Engineers Semele's fatal request -
Io and Hera
Persecutes Io -
The Birth of Heracles
Divine enemy whose hostility shapes Heracles' fate -
The Madness of Heracles
Divine enemy of Heracles -
The Twelve Labours of Heracles
Divine opponent whose hostility shapes Heracles' life -
The Belt of Hippolyta
Interferes with the encounter in a major tradition -
The Judgment of Paris
Competing goddess -
The Trojan War
Divine opponent of Troy -
Achilles and Scamander
Goddess who calls on Hephaestus to protect Achilles -
The Punishment of Ixion
Object of Ixion's forbidden desire