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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

3. The Greek gods where cruel to the Greeks in some of their myths. For example, Hera, Zeus’ wife, would greatly punish any women who Zeus fell in love with, when mainly it was Zeus who

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.

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

Another example of Zeus’ predisposition for not having control over his more human needs is the fact that Aphrodite has power over him. Aphrodite, the very powerful goddess of love and lust, flaunts about her alleged power over Zeus. This, however, angered Zeus and led to a very stern punishment for Aphrodite. Zeus was growing tired of Aphrodite’s arrogance, so he punished her by making her fall in love with a mortal named Anchises.

The infidelity amongst the Greek Gods is a common occurrence as well as there being a lack of morality- Zeus is married to his elder sister Hera, and Aphrodite and Ares, her brother, are sleeping together. The Gods do not put as much emphasis on the idea of fidelity as the humans represented in the poem do, this is clearly depicted by the fact that there are two different goddesses for love and marriage. This brings forward they idea that love did not need to be present when a marriage was chosen. Aphrodite was forced into a marriage with Hephaestus, being as unhappy within the marriage that she was, later became the mistress of Ares, her brother, and being caught red handed by her enraged husband. In addition, the troublesome union between

However Hera was perhaps most famous for her jealousy and vengefulness especially toward her husband Zeus and his minions.

Despite the similarities between gods’ and humans’ emotions (and appearances, on occasion), gods should not be mistaken for humans, especially on the topic of their morals. For example, the gods are angry if a goddess marries/takes a human lover. This is shown when Dawn fell in love with Orion, and Orion was immediately killed. Also, the goddess Demeter slept with Iasion and he was struck down by Zeus. Even though goddesses are female, they do not have the same allowances as human women. Women can marry any male being. Calypso despises this, and when she is told to let Odysseus go, she angrily tells Hermes, “’You are hard-hearted, you gods, and unmatched for jealousy. You are outraged if a goddess sleeps openly with a man even if she has chosen

This Greek myth attempts to discourage two types of undesirable behavior . This myth teaches one not to put themselves in others’ problem . Secondly one should not be vain and so unrequited . In the myth it states “ Echo kept Hera listening for hours on end to hear stories and her gossip … to keep her from seeing Zeus” . This shows how echo put herself in Hera and Zeus’ problem . Zeus was down on Earth cheating on his wife with the nymphs . this shows he was being vain and unrequited . Also if one is not going to be faithful to another then don’t commit and make a promise to it .

Additionally, it is even more fascinating that not only do Greek Gods act like human; they also behave like humans: they could love, marry, produce children, and so on. However, there were problems, because although they were gods, they also were given weaknesses of humans, such as jealously, enviousness, spite, et cetera, which created immense problems by the fact that they were Gods with extreme power. Therefore, whenever they act upon hatred, much of their acts were very cruel and inhumane. Moreover, because there was such a large society of Gods, much of the Gods lives were shrouded in chaos and revenge. For instance, as described in the book Myth and Meaning, Hera was attributed towards the peacock for her ego-centric nature towards herself. She, like a peacock, tried to prove to Zeus, her husband, that she was the fairest woman in the land. Zeus, however, preferred to steal away and fantasize with other women. Then Hera, out of jealousy, who could not punish the most powerful God, instead inflicted it against Zeus’ lovers. All in all, Greek Gods and Goddesses look and act like humans would.

Finally I get to describe to y'all the myth Echo. “Zeus was quite attracted to nymphs and often visited them.Hera, his wife, jealous of his various affairs, followed him trying to catch him. However, Echo would engage Hera in long-winded conversations, giving the time to Zeus to evade her.

Zeus was created to be the ideal husband, lover, and father; yet, he constantly cheats on his wife, Hera. Furthermore, in placing Zeus on this pedestal it is curious why Zeus is depicted as amoral or cruel at times (i.e. in Zeus and Prometheus myths). Zeus supposedly holds up virtues and morality for humanity and divinity, however, if this was true why in the Iliad does it allude to there being an uprising against him by Poseidon, Hera and Athena?

During this episode we learn about the life of Echo and Narcissus. The story starts with Echo, Echo once lived with Zeus and Hera as she was a nymph and distracted Hera while Zeus would sneak off and cheat on Hera. After she found out, Hera punished Echo by cursing her to live forever although she continues to age, to only speak when spoken to, to only repeat what others say and sending her to the mortal world. When in the mortal world Echo was walking through the woods when she came across the most beautiful man she had ever seen, she fell in love, she instantly tried to hug him, but was distraught with the man’s reaction when he was disgusted and said that he was much too beautiful to be with her. The man was Narcissus, although he lived

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.

When Zeus mentions to Semele that he loves her as much as the circumstances allow, I can understand her questioning demeanor. I do not blame her, afterall she does not know the merchant she loves in fact, is not a merchant at all, but an immortal king. Don’t get the wrong impression though, I don’t have any sympathy for Semele and I will, in one way or another, get my revenge. I finally hear the merchant announce he is the almighty Zeus, king of the Gods. By the look on her face, pathetic i might add, i can tell she is honored to be carrying the child of Zeus. While Zeus is away I disguise myself as Semele’s old nurse and pay her a visit. Semele confides in me and I use this opportunity to make her doubt Zeus’s true identity. I suggest that she ask Zeus to prove his love for her by granting her one wish. I know that if Semele views Zeus in his godly form she will die an instant death. I will finally get my revenge, and Zeus will know what will happen when he disrespects