Hera
There have been a lot of goddesses in Greek Mythology, but none of them is superior to the queen of all the gods , Hera. In Roman Mythology she was known as Juno instead of Hera. She was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea . All of the other gods worshiped her as the goddes of marrige, women, and childbirth. She was said to be born in the islands of Samos, but othres say she was born at Argos. The seasons were her nurses. After she banashed her parents, her twin brother Zeus the mighty King of the Gods sought her out at Cnossus in Crete or some say, on Mt. Thornox in Argolis, where he courted her. She had taken pity on him only when he adapted the disguise of a bedragged cuckoo, and tenderly held him in her bosom. There he at once resumed his true shape and ravished her, so that she was shamed into marrying him.
When Hera and Zeus got married they had three children, Aros, Hephaestus, and Hebe. It was said that Hera's sacred emblems were the apple, pomegranete, and the peacock. A lot of times Hera humiliated Zeus with her shaming ways. Zeus never trusted her but sometimes he got some advise from her and shared his secrets with her. She knew that if he got offended beyond a certain point he would flog or even hurl a thunderbolt at her. She resorted to ruthless intrique, as in the matter of Hercules' birth.
by .Carlos Peralta
Source Book: Book of Greek Myths: part 1
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