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The "hieros gamos" of Zeus with the earth goddess (finally named Hera) was celebrated at Knossos in Crete. [1] [65] In Near East the solar-deity and the moon-goddess are often represented as a bull and a cow [65] and Roscher proposed that Hera was a moon-goddess. [66] The combination feminine divinity-cow-moon is not unusual in Crete and Near ...
Argus was Hera's servant. His great service to the Olympian pantheon was to slay the chthonic serpent-legged monster Echidna as she slept in her cave. [7] Hera's defining task for Argus was to guard the white heifer Io from Zeus, who was attracted to her, keeping her chained to the sacred olive tree at the Argive Heraion. [8]
Her symbols include the peacock, cuckoo, and cow. Poseidon: Neptune: God of the seas, water, storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and horses. The middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus and Hades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite; although, as with many of the male Greek gods, he had many lovers. His symbols include the trident, horse, bull ...
Finally, warrior figurines and shields found at the Argive Heraion indicate Hera's status as a protector and patron of the state. Because family served as a foundation for the army and the army would in turn protects the interests of the home, Hera's role as a patron goddess encompassed society within the Argive Plain in a very multidimensional ...
Paintings of Hera (5 P) T. Paintings of the Three Graces (5 P) Pages in category "Paintings of Greek goddesses" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 ...
After Hera detained Io, now transformed into a cow, from Zeus, she placed her under the careful guard of Argus. Zeus sent Hermes to retrieve Io, who did so by killing Argus. Hera honoured her faithful guardman by transforming him into a peacock (in some versions, she placed his one hundred eyes on the tail of her peacock). Arne: Jackdaw: The gods
Paintings of Hera (5 P) S. Sculptures of Hera (5 P) This page was last edited on 9 September 2021, at 12:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Restored ruins of the temple Olympia site map: #4 Temple of Hera is in dark purple (top center). The long ancient Olympic stadium is at far right. Olympic flame. The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods [1]: 195–197 .