Casey, Jamie

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2 December 2016

Hera
By: Jamie Casey
 Personality Traits
Hera has many personality traits. She can be very
jealous toward her husbands (Zeus) other wives. She
punished everyone of Zeus girlfriends in a very bad, horrible
way

Another personality trait of Hera was she was beautiful.

Hera always dressed gracefully and nice. Although she did
not have charm, Zeus fell for her because of her beauty.

The last personality trait of Hera is vicious. Though she

is beautiful on the outside, she can horribly vicious. She will
go to any length to punish Zeus girlfriends. She can be
spiteful, vicious, and extremely jealous (GodChecker Team)
 Special Powers
Heras power is the ability to tell
prophesy. She can also share the ability
with others. This ability allows her to
tell the future and share them to others.
Hera was born with these powers
Though, Heras gift was not a really a
present to enjoy (Costas). Many people
disliked this power because nobody likes
a person going around telling bad things
that are going to happen.
 Family
Hera is one of the main Olympians. She has three
brothers, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. She also has two
sisters, Hestia, and Demeter. Like her siblings, she was
swallowed by her dad, Kronos. Her mom was Rhea, was
the one that outsmarted Kronos by feeding him a rock
instead of Zeus. Zeus saved all his siblings and the gods
were born. The Titans will always be her enemies because
of her father Kronos.

Heras husband was Zeus (also her brother). They

had three children. They were Ares, god of war,
Hephaestus, god of the forge, Eileithyia, represented by
childbirth. The marriage of Hera and Zeus was not a
happy one, because Zeus was unfaithful to his wife and
Hera was angry and jealous (Daly). Hera had many
enemies because of her husband Zeus while he had his
affairs. She punished everyone of Zeus other wives.
Territory
Hera lives on Mount Olympus like all the other
11 Olympians. All the Olympians lived
together in an enormous palace set well above
the clouds on top of Mount Olympus. This
place is important because all of the other
olympians reside their, making it the gods
home. Hera is worshipped in all cities, but is
favored by Athens and Argos.
Symbol Hera has two symbols, The peacock (symbol of her pride
(Lindemans) and the pomegranate. The pomegranate
means symbolizes love and marriage. It is is important to
her because love and marriage are the two things she rules
over. The peacock is important and represents her because
it pulls her wagon, and is her symbol of pride.
Interesting Facts
There are many interesting facts on Hera.
One example is Heras throne was
suspended before by Zeus, because she sent
a storm against Hercules while he trying to
capture Troy. Another interesting fact on
Hera is that the month of June was named
after her Roman name since she was
worshiped during this time. Did you know
that the reason Hera hated Hercules so
much was because he was the son of Zeus
and one of his other wives? The last
interesting fact about Hera is many greek
were afraid of her. Greeks tend to tell their
guests that Hera may be responsible for
unpleasant events (Costas)
Io the Cow Once when Zeus was having an affair with another mistress, Hera
decided to surprise him. Zeus knew she was coming and turned his
mistress, Io, into a cow. Hera saw the disguise and decided to take Io.
She new that if Zeus protested, she would know about this affair. Hera
took Io and tied her to a tree. To make sure Zeus could not rescue Io,
she put one of her faithful servants, Argus to guard Io. Argus is a
hundred eyed giant, and he sees all. Since Zeus had pity on Io, he sent
Hermes, god of thieves, to rescue her. Hermes tricked Argus by singing
songs to him and eventually putting him asleep. To make sure Argus
didnt wake up, Hermes used a magic staff to eternally close Arguss eyes,
essentially killing him. Hermes untied Io and free her. Io went to her
father, river god Inachos, but he did not recognize her. She wrote Io in
the ground and he immediately knew this was the ways of Zeus. Inachos
hurled himself at Zeus with such force that Zeus had to use a lightning
bolt to defend himself. Io fled to egypt and soon became a egyptian god.
Hera let Zeus turn Io, back to her original form. So Poor Ios sufferings
had not been in vain (Daulaires). Since Argus was such a faithful
servant, Hera put Arguss eyes on her sacred bird the peacock. Those
eyes on the tail are Arguss eyes that were closed from Hermes staff.
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