All About Hera Name: _____________________ Close Reading Passage Hera was the queen of the gods and goddess of family, marriage, and childbirth.Her parents were Cronus and Rhea and she was the sister of Zeus. She was also married to Zeus. Zeus was able to...
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All About Hera Name: _____________________ Close Reading Passage Hera was the queen of the gods and goddess of family, marriage, and childbirth.Her parents were Cronus and Rhea and she was the sister of Zeus. She was also married to Zeus. Zeus was able to win over Hera when he turned himself into a cuckoo and flew into her arms. The two fell in love and their wedding was such a happy time that it lasted three hundred years. Their marriage quickly changed. Zeus had several relationships with mortal women, goddesses, and nymphs. This made Hera very angry and jealous. She schemed against the other women and made them hide in fear. Zeus and Hera had two children, both boys, Ares and Hephaestus. Zeus also had many children with other women, like Hermes, Apollo, and Hercules. Hera did not like that. Hera was known for her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus's lovers and his children. Some, like Hercules, she even tried to kill. In anger, Hera dared to steal Zeus’s thunderbolt. This made
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