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‘Dear lady, I never escape you, you are always full of suspicion. Yet thus you can accomplish nothing surely, but be more distant from my heart than ever, and it will be the worse for you. If what you say is true, then that is the way I wish it. But go then, sit down in silence, and do as I tell you, for fear all the gods, as many as are on Olympos, can do nothing if I come close and lay my unconquerable hands upon you.’
He {Zeus} spoke, and the goddess the ox-eyed lady Hera was frightened and went and sat down in silence wrenching her heart to obedience and all the Ouranion gods in the house of Zeus were troubled. 

~Homer, Iliad 1. 536 - 570 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.)

HERA was the Olympian queen of the gods and the Greek goddess of women and marriage. She was married to Zeus, the king of the gods, the god of sky and weather, law, order and fate.

Although she was the goddess of marriage, her own was not ideal.  Zeus frequently cheated on her with mortals and fellow deities alike.  She became embittered and frequently sought revenge on Zeus’s lovers and illegitimate offspring.  Although she was frequently angry at him, as the goddess of marriage she kept sacred her vow and never strayed into another’s arms.  

22 Sep 15 #myth #greek myth #hera
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