hera myths Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/hera-myths Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Hera & the Argive Heraion http://toursmaps.com/hera-the-argive-heraion.html http://toursmaps.com/hera-the-argive-heraion.html#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:12:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245778 The Argolid (the region of the northeast Peloponnese named from Argos) did not hold entirely happy associations for Hera. True, it was here that she was first wooed by her brother, Zeus (though some set the scene at Knossos). After overcoming Cronus and seizing Mount Olympus, Zeus found Hera on Mount Thornax, east of Argos, and amorously pressed his suit. But Hera was unwilling and rebuffed him. Then, in a thunderstorm, she found above the bay at Hermione a cuckoo, trembling, dishevelled, its feathers dull; and gently lifting it, she cradled it inside her dress against her breasts. In an

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