Hera's Downfall

Uncommon within the preponderance of Olympian gods, with the exclusion of the rather tenacious Zeus. His romantic escapades were frequent and never too long since his last. However, no action goes without consequence. This can be perceived in its prime within the myth of Echo and Narcissus. In this instance, Zeus uses the help of a nymph named Echo, “To keep Hera occupied with gossip while Zeus crept away on one his romantic escapades” (Head 27). It is shown that Zeus fully aware of the rash and unforeseeable acts of Hera, left Echo vulnerable and susceptible. Suspectedly, when Hera unearths the truth she is prevaded with outrage; unable to vent her ferocity with Zeus she condemns Echo to a life without a voice. Able only to repeat the sounds she had previously heard. Consequently, it is evident that there are numerous cases of infidelity each holding its own

Especially after Io’s entrance and the recount of her story, Hera seems more like a jealous wife than the noble queen she is presented as in Hesiod’s work. Her attitude towards Io is blamed on Zeus, who has not only provoked Hera’s actions but is her husband and thus responsible for Hera, as it was customary in ancient Greece.

Zeus was not faithful; Hera had a belligerence toward Zeus. She started a revolt against him and planned to kill him. She thought that she could strap him under a tree with some ropes and whip him. It seemed like the plan would work but it only became total chaos. Zeus came back, and punished Hera in a portentous way by hanging her and whipping her. He made her promise not to harm him again.

Then she gave Io to Argus. Zeus wouldnt help her in fear of his wife but he asked his son, Hermes to slay the beast. He did with Pan + Syrinx story but Hera then sent a glad-fly to curse her. At Nile Zeus repairs her to normal form + they have a kid, Epaphus. Lived happily ever after - decendent :

Due to his many affairs their marriage was not a happy one. Zeus used all kinds of tricks to hide his infidelity from her. Hera was very jealous and punished him by avenging her self on the females with whom he dallied. Their marriage produced four children, Hebe was the goddess of youth and acted as a cupbearer of the

Hera Juno is a jealous and angry goddess while dealing with Zeus and his many mistresses. Even though Zeus and Hera are both married, Zeus falls in love with many other women. Her jealousy guides her to "punishing the many women Zeus falls in love [with]... [no matter] how innocent [the women are]" (Hamilton, Mythology,27). Hera's jealousy guides her to disempower women because of her husband , who is culpable, lies with them. Hera does not attempt to fix her marriage at all. Her anger gets the best of her even if the women "yielded only because he coerced or tricked them" (Hamilton,27). She does not care if Zeus,himself, tricks the women; She only sees it as their fault. Hera simply lets Zeus get away with whatever he wants.

When Hera found out about Zeus’ dirty deeds, she convinced Semele to ask Zeus for proof of his true nature. Zeus agreed and presented himself to her in his true form, Zeus’ true glory however burned Semele alive. (ML 301) This myth is a prime example of Zeus’ human tendencies of acting like a common man as he gives in to his more primitive needs and cheats on Hera with Semele.

Zeus came out with the water nymph from the underbrush, and gave her a blue ring from his hand. Hera discovered that Zeus wasn’t there, and went down to where Echo was. She saw the ring that Zeus had worn, and cursed Echo for lying to her so she could only say the last words that had been said to her.

It was a warm Summer night when Ron, better known as Legend XXVII was hit with one of Eros’ arrows. The arrows had the power to make someone fall in love with the next person they saw. The next person Legend XXVII saw was Hera, the jealous queen of the gods and wife of Zeus. Hera looked back at Legend XXVII and instantly was drawn to him. Although Zeus had 114 other girlfriends at the time, this still angered him and made him jealous. The two men needed to decide who would get Hera for their own. Legend XXVII was known as Legend XXVII because he was one of the best basketball players of all Mortals or gods. Zeus was up for a challenge to keep his wife, so he challenged Legend XXVII to a game of 1 on 1 in basketball.

Zeus, the god of thunder and the ruler of the sky, was married with Hera, goddess of marriage. Hera was jealous about Zeus because he was a womanizer. Hera knew that Zeus was unfaithful and he had already cheated on her sometimes. She always felt alone and wanted Zeus’ attention, but he was interested in another woman. Hera did not know about this woman, but she was mistrustful that he could be cheating on her again.

Although Zeus was Hera’s brother, as they grew up eventually they got married. It might seem weird to you but don’t call it weird because it

Though in the Greek telling, Hera despised Hercules, as he was a result of Zeus’s infidelity. Hera sought to destroy Hercules throughout his infancy, with his name literally meaning Glory of Hera, to tell of how he may come to fame because of his difficult encounters with the goddess. An example of Hera’s cruel behavior is reimagined in the movie; when the baby Hercules first arrives on earth he encounters two of Hades’ servants, in the form of snakes, sent out on an order to kill him, though in the original tale, it was Hera, not Hades, that sent two snakes into Hercules’ crib. Is Hera’s reaction in the film truly one of despair or that of an actress. It should also be acknowledged that although the figure Zeus appears several times in the film, guiding and encouraging Hercules, Hera only makes an appearance in the intro and ending of the film.

Although Zeus had a dozen of love affairs he created a “union” wit Hera that resulted in four children. Arguments soon began to arise between Zeus and Hera and became a part of their daily lives. Zeus continued to have one affair after another with different goddesses. Hera could not punish Zeus for

Hera (Juno) was a senior in high school she was elected to become prom queen. She was the most popular girl in school. She even had a king by her side, Zeus, her boyfriend of many years. Many of the girls in the school looked up to her because she always stood up for them. She knew that she could win, she see herself wearing the crown. But not everyone liked her, some thought that she could be over the top and that she tended to let anger consume her. For instance when her boyfriend Zeus started to flirt with one of his teachers, she filed a sexual harassment claim under his name so she could get the teacher fired. Zeus was always up to no good when it came to their relationship, every once in awhile she would get suspicious

Most prominently, Zeus cheated on his wife Hera many times. While he was with Hera, Zeus would have as many “consensual affairs with mortal and immortal women”as he pleased (Yasmin). This in itself is a horrible thing to do, but Zeus also had many children with his mistresses and almost always ignored them. Zeus’s illegitimate children and his mistresses were then forced to feel Hera’s wrath since she “took out her anger on the women Zeus slept with” (Yasmin). These women were forced to live a life of misery and Zeus usually did nothing about it. These victims of Hera’s jealousy include the most well-known demigod son of Zeus: Hercules. Hercules was the result of one of Zeus’s many affairs and was forced to live a life of torture and misfortune because Hera “knew that Hercules was her husband's illegitimate son and sought to destroy