June 7, 2012 Epic Poetry and the Great Goddess Hera Homer’s work The Iliad is an ideal example of epic poetry. Throughout The Iliad Homer uses Hera, the Queen of the gods and goddesses, to show three major characteristics of Epic Poetry; stock epithets, the supernatural and the use of similes. The use of stock epithets or descriptive adjectives is the most common characteristic of epic poetry used by Homer. Hera is considered the “white-armed goddess” and “golden-throned”. These epithets describe
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Hera was a Greek and Roman goddess. The protector of marriage, childbirth, and the sexual life of women. Hera was jealous of her husband’s many acquaintances (women). She was married to her brother Zeus. They had four kids together Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, Ares, the Olympian god of war, Hebe, the goddess of youth and Hephaestus, the Olympian god of Metallurgy. She and Zeus quarreled a lot. “Hera was fiercely hostile to any woman—divine or mortal—who won Zeus's interest” (Philips, F
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The temple of Hera, also called the Haraion, is one of the first monumental temples in Greece. It is located in the north-west corner of the blessed area of the Altis, on the south slopes of Kronios hill, secured by a powerful terrace wall. It was devoted to the Olympian sanctuary by the people of Skillous, which is an ancient city of Eleia. It has been said that the temple was built approximately eight years after Oxylos rose to the throne of Elis, which was c. 1096 BC, but in reality it is much
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Hera to Zeus This letter is from Hera, wife and queen of Olympus, to Zeus, husband and King of Olympus and the Gods. The material for this letter can be found in Metamorphoses by Ovid Jupiter and Europa, Anthology of Classical Myth by Apollodorus K1 Heracles, and Zeus in Power in Anthology of Classical Myth by Hesiod. I chose to use myths that depict Zeus cheating on Hera and one where he goes out of his way to rape other women. I avoided using Zeus’ triumphant battles because without knowing mythology
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Don’t Mess With Hera The goddess of strategic, wisdom, and honor of centered war, Athena. She rode through Mt. Olympus on her Rainbow Unicorn and would look for anyone nearby. She hated most of the Gods for they never wanted her nearby. Everyone feared her, especially woman. Everyone thought she was so different than everyone else that they banned her from ever coming near woman. You see, Athena hated woman. She thought that instead of woman being so nice and neat that they should honor war just
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Assignment 2: Goddess Essay Hera Adam Smith 24th April 2012 Hera is undoubtedly one of the most complex goddesses portrayed throughout history. Unlike many other goddesses who have kept relatively stable images, Hera has been tossed out and about being perceived on entirely different ends of the spectrum as both the Great Mother Goddess and the nagging and jealous wife of Zeus. She is the perfect example of a matriarchal deity that was taken over and transformed by patriarchal culture.
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Hephaestus was Olympian god of fire and volcanoes, sculptors, and blacksmiths. That is why he is pictured with a hammer, anvil, and tongs. His mother was Hera and either his father was Zeus or someone unknown. Hephaestus was then thrown from Olympus by Hera because he was crippled and weak. He got accepted back into Olympus and had an arranged marriage Aphrodite, goddess of love. Aphrodite had an affair with Ares, Hephaestus’ brother, and Hephaestus wanted to embarrass them in front of the gods,
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Mythical Gods Zeus - Gød of the sky, the clouds, and the rain. Normally seen holding a thunderbolt. Represented by an Eagle. Married Hera and had many children from many affairs. Poseidon - Brother of Zeus, and ruler of the sea. Seen with a trident and connected to horses and bulls. Hera - Sister and wife of Zeus. Protector of marriage and ally of married women. Cow and Peacock were important to her. Hades - Ruler of the underworld and of the dead. Also lord of wealth (his Latin name means
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residence in his stomach. As you can probably already tell, he is not like any other god. Zeus was different. He was very intelligent. Zeus knew how to play Hera without her knowing some of the time. Other times she knew. She wasn’t strong enough to mention anything because she was committed. Hera became the queen of goddesses. Zeus and Hera had 2 children; Ares and Hephaestus. Zeus was anthropomorphic. Meaning he could transform to any animal or human being that he wanted to be. That way he would
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Mount Olympus is the home of the gods. “....his mother Hera, had awaited him with great eagerness, hoping for a child so beautiful, so gifted, that it would make Zeus forget his heroic swarm of children from lesser consorts. But when the baby was born, she was appalled to see that he was shriveled and ugly, with an irritating bleating wail. She did not wait for Zeus to see him, but snached the infant up and hurled him off Olympus” (Evslin 48). When the lame God was tossed off of Olympus he landed
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