Hera

Juno

The Olympian goddess of motherhood. Married to Zeus.

Genealogy

Rhea

Cronus

Chiron, Demeter, Hades, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus

Zeus

Ares, Hebe, Hephaestus, Ilithyia

Group

Olympians

Events
  1. Rhea gives birth to the Olympians
  2. Cronus swallows his children
  3. Olympians are vomited up by Cronus
  4. Hebe is born
  5. Ilithyia is born
  6. Ares is born
  7. Hephaestus thrown out of heaven by Zeus
  8. Side is cast down into Hades
  9. The war between the Olympians and the Giants begins
  10. Hera instructs the Curetes to abduct Epaphus
  11. Hera persuades the Ilithyias to delay Heracles’ birth
  12. Eurystheus is born early thanks to Hera’s intervention
  13. Hera drives Hercules insane
  14. Hera tricks the Amazons into attacking Hercules
  15. Hera disperses the cows of Geryon with a gadfly
  16. Gaia presents Zeus with golden apples on the occasion of his marriage to Hera
  17. Zeus hangs Hera from Olympus
  18. Hera tricks Semele into asking Zeus to manifest to her as he appears to Hera
  19. Hera drives Athamas and Ino insane
  20. Hera drives Dionysus insane
  21. Hera sends the Sphinx to Thebes
  22. Hera and Zeus consult Tiresias about whether men or women enjoy sex more
  23. Tiresias says women enjoy sex more than men
  24. Hera blinds Tiresias
  25. Hera persuades Artemis to kill Callisto
  26. Ixion tries to rape Hera
  27. Hera tells Zeus about Ixion’s attempted rape
  28. Hera, Aphrodite and Athena compete for the title of most beautiful
  29. Hera promises a kingdom to Paris, Athena promises victory in war, Aphrodite promises Helen
  30. Hera sends a storm forcing Paris and Helen to stop at Sidon
  31. Hera makes Menelaus immortal
  32. Hera raises Thetis
  33. Hera sends Athena to convince the Greek army to stay in Troy
  34. Hera gets Achilles to call a meeting
  35. Hera sends Athena to prevent a fight between Achilles and Agamemnon
  36. Hera berates Zeus for not telling her what deal exists between him and Thetis
  37. Zeus tells Hera that she should not pry into matters that don’t concern her
  38. Hera states that she knows Zeus is making a deal with Thetis in order to help Achilles
  39. Zeus warns Hera not to meddle in his affairs, which silences her
  40. Hephaestus advises Hera to stop her quarrel with Zeus
  41. Hephaestus speaks of how Zeus threw him from Olympus
  42. Hephaestus’ attempt to cheer up Hera works and the goddess is pacified
  43. Zeus, Hera, and the rest of the gods go home to bed after feasting
  44. The Olympian gods watch the conflict in Troy
  45. Hera and Athena plot against the Trojans
  46. Hera and Zeus negotiate the eventual fall of Troy
  47. Hera and Athena lie to Zeus about the cause of Aphrodite’s injury
  48. Hera and Athena gain Zeus’ permission to enter the battle
  49. Hera raises the morale of the Argives with a rallying cry
  50. Hera and Athena return to Mount Olympus
  51. Hera appeals to Poseidon to help her save the Danaans
  52. Poseidon reproaches Hera
  53. Hera inspires Agamemnon to rally the Achaean troops
  54. Hera asks Athena to join her in helping the Achaeans against Hector
  55. Athena decides that she and Hera will face Hector in battle for the sake of the Achaeans
  56. Athena outfits herself for battle and steps into her flaming chariot with Hera
  57. Iris warns Hera and Athena not to interfere with Zeus’ plans or he will punish them
  58. Hera and Athena return to Mount Olympus
  59. Zeus reproaches Hera and Athena
  60. Hera defends her actions and those of Athena
  61. Hera sees Poseidon helping the Achaeans
  62. Hera makes herself look as lovely as possible
  63. Hera receives love charms from Aphrodite
  64. Zeus discovers that the Greeks have gained an advantage over the Trojans while he slept
  65. Zeus realizes that Hera put him to sleep and threatens her with a beating
  66. Zeus punishes Hera by chaining her the the sky with anvils attached to her feet
  67. The Olympian gods try unsuccessfully to free Hera from Zeus’ torture
  68. Zeus throws Hera’s would-be rescuers down to earth
  69. Hera and Boreas send Hercules to Cos
  70. Hera swears to Zeus that she did not tell Poseidon to help the Achaeans
  71. Zeus tells Hera to fetch Iris and Apollo
  72. Hera returns to Mount Olympus and meets with the Olympian gods
  73. Hera and Themis discuss Zeus’ mistreatment of Hera
  74. Hera discusses Zeus’ plan for the Trojan War with the Olympian gods
  75. Hera reveals that Ares’ son, Ascalaphus, has died in combat
  76. Hera sends Iris and Apollo to Zeus
  77. Hera makes the sun set so that the Achaeans receive a break from fighting
  78. Zeus and Hera discuss her attachment to the Achaeans
  79. Hera delays Alcmena’s labour
  80. Hera forces the premature birth of Eurystheus
  81. Hera tells Zeus about Eurystheus’ birth
  82. Zeus throws Hera off Mount Olympus in anger
  83. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus join the Achaean troops in battle
  84. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes and Hephaestus withdraw from the battle to the hill of Herakles
  85. Hera orders Hephaestus to distract Xanthus from his attack on Achilles
  86. Xanthus swears not to defend the Trojans again
  87. Hera calls off Hephaestus’s attack on Xanthus
  88. Hera sees Aphrodite leading Ares from the fray and tells Athena to go after her
  89. Hera beats Artemis until she runs away weeping
  90. Hera is furious at the idea of giving Hector equal honour to Achilles
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.5
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.4
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.2
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.8
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.22
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.25
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.28
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.3
  15. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  16. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.2
  17. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  18. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.8
  19. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.12
  20. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  21. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.10
  22. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.11
  23. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  24. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.7
  25. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  26. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.1
  27. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.8
  28. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.7
  29. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  30. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.5
  31. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.20
  32. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.15
  33. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.2
  34. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.4
  35. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.29
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 55
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 195
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 205
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 400
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 515
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 535
  42. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 545
  43. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 550
  44. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 560
  45. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 565
  46. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 570
  47. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 595
  48. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 610
  49. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 15
  50. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 30
  51. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 65
  52. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 155
  53. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 1
  54. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 20
  55. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 51
  56. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 381
  57. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 416
  58. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 711
  59. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 719
  60. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 733
  61. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 767
  62. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 814
  63. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 888
  64. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 907
  65. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 403
  66. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 198
  67. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 208
  68. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 212
  69. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 350
  70. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 381
  71. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 385
  72. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 397
  73. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 409
  74. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 425
  75. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 438
  76. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 457
  77. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 469
  78. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 484
  79. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 252
  80. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 328
  81. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 22
  82. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 264
  83. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 821
  84. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 153
  85. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 193
  86. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 197
  87. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 214
  88. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 222
  89. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 224
  90. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 242
  91. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 263
  92. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 278
  93. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 301
  94. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 312
  95. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 329
  96. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 341
  97. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 352
  98. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 1
  99. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 12
  100. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 34
  101. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 47
  102. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 78
  103. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 93
  104. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 100
  105. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 119
  106. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 142
  107. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 149
  108. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 205
  109. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 67
  110. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 431
  111. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 439
  112. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 107
  113. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 165
  114. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 183
  115. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 239
  116. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 356
  117. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 360
  118. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 95
  119. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 112
  120. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 404
  121. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 31
  122. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 54
  123. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 110
  124. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 132
  125. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 309
  126. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 1
  127. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 324
  128. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 361
  129. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 377
  130. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 383
  131. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 415
  132. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 434
  133. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 478
  134. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 489
  135. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 502
  136. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 22
  137. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 55
  138. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 64
  139. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 93
  140. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.5
  141. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.5
  142. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.9
  143. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 20.3
  144. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 25.1
  145. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.11
  146. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.7
  147. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.1
  148. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.2
  149. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.3
  150. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.2
  151. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.3
  152. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.4
  153. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 15.4
  154. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 15.5
  155. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.1
  156. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.2
  157. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.3
  158. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.4
  159. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.5
  160. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.6
  161. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 17.7
  162. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.3
  163. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.1
  164. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.4
  165. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.1
  166. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.2
  167. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.10
  168. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 29.1
  169. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 36.2
  170. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.2
  171. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.3
  172. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 11.9
  173. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.8
  174. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.9
  175. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 15.9
  176. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.16
  177. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 12.6
  178. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 27.6
  179. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 11.8
  180. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 13.8
  181. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.8
  182. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 15.5
  183. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 15.11
  184. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 16.1
  185. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 16.2
  186. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 16.3
  187. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 16.4
  188. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 16.6
  189. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.1
  190. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.5
  191. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 20.2
  192. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 1.3
  193. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 3.15
  194. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 3.16
  195. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 6.2
  196. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 13.1
  197. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 24.10
  198. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.4
  199. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.7
  200. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 5.4
  201. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 20.3
  202. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.9
  203. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.12
  204. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 3.6
  205. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 9.2
  206. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 9.3
  207. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 18.2
  208. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 22.2
  209. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 23.5
  210. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 26.2
  211. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.5
  212. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.9
  213. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 37.5
  214. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 46.3
  215. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 2.7
  216. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 3.2
  217. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 3.8
  218. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.3
  219. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.2
  220. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.3
  221. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 39.4
  222. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 39.5
  223. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.2
  224. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.1
  225. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 35.2
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