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Hera - College Essay

Hera

is the goddess of marriage, and protector of married women. Her father is Cronus, and her mother is Rhea. Cronus and Rhea are both Titans, and they’re also brother and sister. Hestia is ’s oldest sister. She’s the virgin goddess of the hearth, and it’s believed that saying prayers before meals came from her. Demeter is also her sister, and she’s the goddess of corn and the harvest. The four months of each year when the harvests go bad, is the result of Demeter’s sorrow. During that time her daughter, Persephone, has to go with Hades. Hades is her brother, and he is the god of the dead and the ruler of the under world. Poseidon is also her brother, and he’s the god of the sea. Zeus is not ...

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he fought his father, and forced him to disgorge his other brothers and sisters. was entrusted to Ocaenus and Tethys, by Rhea, to be raised while Zeus struggled with the Titans. later returned after Zeus won the war.
Zeus and got married on the summit of Mount. Ida in Phrygia. Together they were the parents of; Ares the god of war, Hephaetus the god of fire and metal work, Hebe the goddess of youth, and Elithyia the goddess of child birth. Ares was unpopular with both gods and humans. Although he was fierce and war like, Ares was not invincible even against mortals. Hephaetus was lame and awkward looking. was so repelled by his looks, shortly after his birth he was cast out of Olympus. Later in life he was honored again by the gods, and he married either Aphrodite or Aglaia. Hebe was the cupbearer to the gods serving them their nectar and ambrosia. She was somewhat like a slave to the gods until she married her hero Hercules.
Even though Zeus was portrayed as a wonderful ...

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Added: 8/23/2005 05:20:46 PM
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