Hera

Marriage ( 婚姻 )

•HERA (HEE-ruh; Roman name Juno) was the goddess of marriage.

Queen 皇后•Hera was the wife of Zeus and Queen of the Olympians.

wife ( 妻子 )

•Hera is the beautiful and powerful wife (and sister) of Zeus.

Immortals ( 不死者 )

• She is the most beautiful of the immortals, even more beautiful than the goddess of Love, Aphrodite.

ware ( 裝飾品 )

• Her beauty is renewed each spring as she magically washes away the ware and worry of her immortal existence.

hate ( 恨 )

•Hera hated the great hero Heracles since he was the son of her husband Zeus and a mortal woman.

crib ( 搖籃 )

•When he was still an infant, she sent snakes to attack him in his crib.

revenge ( 報復 )

•The story of Zeus and Io is the sad story of infidelity and revenge.

heifer ( 母牛 )

•Zeus changed his beautiful lover, Io, into a black and white heifer to hide her from Hera.

ruse ( 詭計 )

• Hera saw through the ruse and sent Argos Panoptes (all seeing) to keep watch on Io and keep Zeus away.

lyre( 豎琴 )

• Hermes at the command of Zeus, played his lyre and closed all eyes of Argos and then killed him.

Prod( 刺 , 戳 )• Hera sent a gadfly( 牛虻 ) to to

rment and constantly prod the poor heifer-maiden so that she might never rest or find comfort.

Egypt ( 埃及 )

•Finally, Io was driven to the ends of the earth (i.e. Egypt) where she found peace.

peacock ( 孔雀 )

• The eyes of Argos can still be seen in the tail of the peacock.