Juno And The Roman Goddess Juno

State religion was mainly based on the Worship of Juno, Minerva and Jupiter in the Capitolium.

Hecate, was the daughter of both Perses and Asteria who were Titans. Perses (her father) name when translated means “destroyer”, while on the other hand Asteria (her mother) name when translated means “the starry one”. With the strength, knowledge and power given to her by both parents, Hecate was finally born. She was given the strength, power and control over the sea, heaven and earth. A picture of Hecate can be seen as having three bodies while holding a torch in one of her hands. Her name was originally translated to mean the goddess of the moon. She grew up to be a beautiful young woman who was known for being helpful with decision making for those around her. An example of this is was during a story she was featured in, helping Demeter (also known as the goddess of harvest and fertility) to look for her daughter, Persephone

As history has shown, life cannot be sustained without a female presence. Religion of this time took that into consideration as women were the center of worship and ensured that proper rituals and ceremonies were upheld to please the gods. In both Greek and Roman religion, most deities were of female gender due to their connection with the cycle of life as well as having a nurturing demeanor. These female goddesses stayed consistent in both societies, under different names. For example: The goddess of hearth and home was known as Hestia in Greek mythology, and Vesta in Roman; Aphrodite is the goddess of sexual attraction and love in Greece, with her equal Venus in Rome. Female goddesses followed the skill sets of women in this time – the bearing of children as well as all life, keeping of

one of the holiest months of the year. It was in 610 A.D. when the prophet Mohammad was said

In Aeneas journey to find Rome there are many things along the way that get in the way of him reaching his destination. Fate is a darken road that is more powerful than the obstacles that the gods put in Aeneas path, all the gods can do is change the way in which Aeneas reaches his destination. Aeneas has some goodness and gods that help him along the way, without them none of this would be possible for him because the gods power is too great. Juno is the goodness that would do anything to keep Aeneas from making it to Rome even though she knows she cant stop his fate she tries to make it as

In Homer’s, The Odyssey, Athena emerges as a hero because of her continuous guidance of Odysseus throughout his odyssey home. Not only did she plead to other gods for their sympathy, ensuring Odysseus safe return home, but also changing identities to help Odysseus make the right decision.

Throughout Homer’s epic The Odyssey, The gods and goddesses in Olympus think they are better and more powerful than all mortals and even other gods and goddesses; in Calypso’s philippic to Hermes, she denounces this unfair hierarchy. Calypso has Odysseus trapped on her island in the hopes of persuading him to be her husband. Of course, the gods come crashing in and tell Calypso that they will not allow it. Calypso becomes enraged and calls the gods “unrivaled lords of jealousy” because the more powerful gods are infamous for their liaisons with mortals, such as Zeus breaking into the mortal woman Denae’s prison cell, appearing as a golden shower, and impregnating Danae (5: 156). However, when Calypso, a mere nymph, engages in a romantic relationship

Colors play into the story as more than just a repeated symbol. From the beginning to the end of the story the colors pink, green, brown, and yellow showed up. By looking at the meaning of colors in the Chinese culture it can been seen that these colors represent the seasons of June Mays life and the transformation that occurred within her. For starters, in past memories of her mother, when June May was against her culture, she would include colors of pink which in traditional times in China did not have a significant meaning; “being color-blind to the fact that lemon yellow and pale pink are not good combinations for winter clothes” (264). This is significant because of the nonsignificance of the color pink, and how her heritage was insignificant to her at the time.

* According to the Roman poet Ovid, the month June has been named in Juno's honor, the Latin counterpart to Hera, because the goddess was worshipped during that month. Since Hera was a goddess of matrimony, many couples considered June as the favourable time to marry.

The year was divided into two equal portions, so that the two realms are shared equally by the goddess. As many months are spent with her mother as with her

By looking at the epic The Odyssey by Homer, there are a lot of contacts between human and immoral, the relationship between Athena and Odysseus, which make me interesting, also this is important for the story. The relationship between Athena and Odysseus is the key for the story, because Odysseus had received a lot of help from Athena, their relationship is the reason to explain why would an immortal Athena who never interesting or attracted by any male either mortal or immortal, but only a human male, Odysseus, and helps Odysseus in either direct and indirect ways to get back home and take average to all the suitor in order for Odysseus to get back his family and his land.

Juno was the same person from the beginning of the Aeneid to the end of the Aeneid. She was a person who simply wanted to protect her people. Juno loved the Latin people and would always do whatever she could to protect them, the best she could. When Juno had heard that Aeneas and the rest of his Trojan cavalry were headed to Italy, she was infuriated.

Venus won this contest, since she promised Paris that he would marry Helen of Troy (who was already married) in exchange, and Juno is still offended that she was not considered the most beautiful. The inherent idea of this contest - powerful goddesses being judged on their beauty by a mortal man - is fairly degrading, although all of the goddesses involved participated enthusiastically; Venus’s tactic involves objectifying another woman, essentially using her as a prize, which betrays the idea of “sisterhood,” or unity between women. Essentially, the whole contest was a mess. The other aspect of her motivation, “abducted Ganymede’s honors,” is in reference to her husband Jupiter’s infamous infidelity. Ganymede was the cup-bearer to the gods, a mortal who had this position solely due to his own beauty. Juno clearly feels threatened by this as well - she is insecure about her relationship with Jupiter, and, in mythology, is known for her jealousy. Jupiter is often portrayed as bisexual, generally to emphasize his unfaithfulness (a concept which is extremely harmful to modern bisexual people). Essentially, the fact that Juno’s insecurity about her appearance, described as an “eternal wound” by Vergil, is a

Secondly, King Numa is credited with the formulation of the religious calendar to include the months of

“Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity” was written to be the joyous, lighthearted movement of the 49-minute, 7-movement “The Planets”, which premiered in 1932. Since the first layer of hell, Limbo, is meant for unbaptized babies and those who were never given the opportunity for Christian salvation, it is a joyous place, considered to be the “Heaven of Hell”. “Jupiter” is very lighthearted and brisk, but includes a deep, passionate chorale that invokes a sense of musical euphoria within the listener. The two themes intertwine themselves at the musical climax to create a euphoric aural