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Hera was often known as the mother of the Gods. She had eight children, and seven of these were fathered by Zeus, except for Typhoon (more on this later). Among the children she had with the King of the Gods was Ares, the God of War. Another of their children was Hephaestus, the deity of metalworking and Angelo, a goddess of the underworld. Hera was not a maternal figure, and she was not interested in justice or even morality. She even cast one of her children out of Olympus because she thought the infant was too ugly. Hera was arrogant, headstrong and vain and portrayed as a cunning and manipulative wife by poets such as Homer.<ref> Beckwith, Miles C. “The’ Hanging of Hera’ and the Meaning of Greek ἄκμων.” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1998): 91-102</ref>
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[[File: Temple of Hera - Agrigento - Italy 2015.JPG|200px|thumb|left|A Temple of Hera in Sicily]]
Hera had frequent rows with and Zeus and on several occasions, the Father of the Gods punished his wife for these conflictsfrequently clashed. The relationship between Zeus and Hera was a complex one , and the King of the Gods, did love his wife , and she loved him. However, as we will see he had a wandering eye , and Hera knew this and she . The Goddess did all she could to retain his affections. On one occasion she borrowed the girdle of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, and with this, she was able to briefly charm and fascinate Zeus- but only for a while . But his affection was temporary and he continued to have countless affairs. Often, she Her portrayal of Greek myths is portrayed in Greek myth often extremely negative. The myths often sought to portray her as someone who is rather ridiculous as because she tried and failed to stop Zeus' many affairs. In one story, Echo was a nymph in Greek legend, which can best be understood as who was a spirit of a forest or a body of water. She was given Zeus gave her the job of distracting Hera from Zeus many 'sexual adventures. Echo was something of a charmer and a flatterer and he she was very successful in distracting Hera for a long time. However, when Hera discovered that she was tricked and tricking her, she cursed the Echo so that she would forever only repeat the words of othersforever. This is the origin of the word echo. Despite this Hera was portrayed as a powerful Goddess and she . She rode in a chariot drawn by two horses and she had her own retinue of Gods. Despite the many portrayals adverse treatment of her as a deceived wifeHera, she was also much feared and was fervently worshipped, especially by women. Hera was the Goddess of marriage and anyone who broke their marriage vows, was thought believed to have personally insulted her and committed an act of hubris against the Goddess .<ref> Powell, p. 118</ref>. She was believed to have punished unfaithful husbands and was believed to also harm those anyone who injured those animals who that were sacred to her. The Queen of the Gods was People also believed to thought that Hera could help women in childbirth. Hera played a crucial role in the Trojan War. Because of the judgment of Paris, she hated the Trojans , and she did all she could to help the Greeks in their siege of Troy. Despite Zeus' many affairs, there is no story that survives that where Hera was unfaithful to her husband , and she was an ever-loyal if long-suffering wife .<ref> Renehan, p. 113</ref>. Not that she did not have her own admirers. When King Ixion, had the temerity to try and seduce Hera, Zeus did not take it well. The King of the Gods bound Ixion to a burning solar wheel, spinning across the heavens for all eternity.;l
==Typhoon – the giant serpent==
