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Hera was also a very jealous wife because Zeus always ran around cheating on her. He had lots of mistresses and Hera always got her revenge on them or their children. One very popular story of Hera's revenge is the story of Hercules.
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Hera was not the first wife of Zeus. His first wife was Metis, goddess of wisdom. Hesoid believed that she knew more things than the gods and men put together. Themis was Zeus's second wife. She was the law that regulated both physical and moral order.
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After all, he did swallow his first wife, Titaness Metis. Because of this and Zeus's known attractiveness to women other than his wife, Hera refused to marry Zeus for three hundred years. One spring, Zeus caused a terrible thunderstorm and turned himself into a disheveled cuckoo.
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Hera was the wife of Zeus and Queen of the Olympians. ... In Greek mythology, Hera was the reigning female goddess of Olympus because she was Zeus's wife. But her worship is actually far older than that of her husband. It goes back to a time when the creative force we call "God" was conceived of as a woman.
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Hera was not just Zeus' wife, she was also his older sister. As such she had two big reasons to command respect; queen of the gods and elder daughter of the father of the gods, Cronos the Titan. Her prickly ego was often damaged by her lusty husband, however, who could not seem to stay satisfied with Hera;
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Hera was Zeus' sister and wife. ... Zeus was anything, but a faithful husband, so Hera, in her turn was not a loyal wife. Once she even convinced the other gods to join in a revolt against Zeus. Her part was to drug Zeus, and in this she was successful.
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As Zeus proved his supremacy Hera sat beside him as his wife during the meetings and during festive feasts. Hera pursued her rivals such as: Io, Kallisto, Leto, Persephone and Semele and their children begot by Zeus such as: Heracles, Minos and Perseus with jealousy and hate.
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Giunone / Hera as Old Peasant Woman / Hera: Wife of Zeus / Héra / Juno / Junon ... Hercules (1997) (VG) Played by Samantha Eggar (as Hera: Wife of Zeus); ... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title) ;
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427, 463). Hera therefore is not, like Zeus, the queen of gods and men, but simply the wife of the supreme god. The idea of her being the queen of heaven, with regal wealth and power, is of a much later date. (Hygin.
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