Hera

:This article is about the Greek goddess. For the asteroid, see 103 Hera, and also 1 Ceres, which briefly bore the name Hera. For the particle accelerator see Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage. For the missile system, see Hera missile.

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103 Hera - 1 Ceres - Particle accelerator - Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage - Hera missile

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In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (Greek {{polytonic|Ἥρα}} or {{polytonic|Ἥρη}}) was the wife and sister of Zeus. She also presided as goddess of marriage, the patriarchal bond of her own subordination. (Slater 1968)

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Olympian pantheon - Greek Mythology - Greek - Zeus - Goddess

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Hera is portrayed as being majestic and solemn, often enthroned and crowned with the polos, the high cylindrical crown worn by several of the Great Goddesses. In her hand she may bear the pomegranate, emblem of fertile blood and death and a substitute for the narcotic capsule of the opium poppy (Ruck and Staples 1994). "Nevertheless, there are memories of an earlier, aniconic representation, as a pillar in Argos and as a plank in Samos" (Burkert 1985 p.131).

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Great Goddess - Pomegranate

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In Roman mythology, the consort of Jupiter (Zeus) was Juno.

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Roman mythology - Jupiter - Juno

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