The Role Of Hera In Greek Mythology

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Hera is a Greek goddess with unique ties to Olympus, a fetching personality and family ties that spell revenge.

Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods and the queen of heaven (Olympus), as well as the goddess of marriage and birth. She was the goddess of the heavens even before she married Zeus, which is important because she could potentially rule over Mount Olympus without Zeus at her side. Hera was important to Greek mythology as she was the queen of the gods of Olympus and in being the queen of the Greek gods she played major roles in the developments of the Olympian gods throughout their mythological tales. Such an example would derive to, when Hera influenced the outcome of Hercules ' quests and adventure 's by attempting to kill him
Hera was known to punish those mortals Zeus had affairs with including the offspring of the affair, to instill fear into those mortals who may fall to the all mighty Zeus. Hera held a redeeming quality of remembering those injuries brought upon to her, meaning that she was vigilant in remembering the past as it afflicted her. Hera dealt with those involved in her present and the future appropriately, so she would gain from it something of value. Hera was a gracious protector of heroes, but had no sense of justice as seen by both mortals and other gods within Greece. Provided she killed mortals who thought about sleeping with Zeus. Hera is seen as physically attractive by mortal man, but is notably vindictive and is found less attractive due to this. Hera is noted by mortal men as "cow-faced", even though she is considered the chief among the immortals in beauty. Hera was also judged as being less beautiful than Aphrodite as a mortal named Paris, gave a golden apple to Aphrodite at the wedding of a sea-nymph and a
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