Hera in the Ancient Sources: 216 Passages in Greek & English

Hesiod (5)

Hesiod, Theogony 900–929tZeus's marriages and children; the birth of Athena (900-929)Zeus marries Themis (the Hours and the Fates), Eurynome (the Graces), Demeter (Persephone), Mnemosyne (the Muses), Leto (Apollo and Artemis) and lastly Hera, whose children are Hebe, Ares and Eileithyia. Zeus bears Athena from his own head, and Hera bears Hephaestus without Zeus. The section recounts again how Zeus swallowed Metis, who conceived Athena, and how she was born by the river Trito.
Hesiod, Theogony 305–334Echidna's offspring: Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimaera and the Sphinx (305-334)Typhaon is joined in love to Echidna, and their offspring are Orthus, Cerberus, the Hydra and the Chimaera. The Hydra is nourished by Hera and killed by Heracles with Iolaus's help, and the Chimaera is killed by Pegasus and Bellerophon. Echidna and Orthus bear the Sphinx and the Nemean lion, which Hera rears, and the section ends with Ceto and Phorcys's youngest child, the serpent that guards the golden apples.
Hesiod, Fragments 5.1–6AegimiusThe Aegimius, attributed to Hesiod or to Cercops of Miletus, is cited for Thetis and her children and for Phrixus coming to the halls of Aeétes. It also gives the story of Io, whom Zeus changed into a cow and whom Hera set Argus to watch, until Hermes killed him.
Hesiod, Fragments 4.1–8MelampodiaThe Melampodia, a poem about seers, is quoted for the contest of Calchas and Mopsus, in which Calchas fails to count the figs on a wild fig-tree. Other fragments cover Teiresias, who was blinded by Hera and made a seer by Zeus, and the death of Amphilochus at Soli.
Hesiod, Theogony 450–479Rhea and Cronus; the birth of Zeus (450-479)Hecate is made a nurse of the young. Rhea bears Cronus Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus, and Cronus swallows each child as it is born, because Gaia and Uranus have told him his own son will overcome him. When she is about to bear Zeus, Rhea asks her parents for a plan, and they send her to Lyctus in Crete, where Gaia receives the child.

Homer (33)

Homer, Iliad 8.350–484Zeus turns back Hera and AthenaHera and Athena set out to help the Achaeans, but Zeus sends Iris to turn them back with the threat of lamed horses and a shattered car. Zeus returns to Olympus and tells the two goddesses that at dawn he will destroy more of the Argives and that Hector will not stop fighting until Achilles rises at the ships over the body of Patroclus. Hera refuses to be rebuked and says that she will not oppose him.
Homer, Iliad 14.224–360Hera and Sleep: the deception of Zeus on IdaHera goes to Lemnos and asks Sleep to lull Zeus once she has lain with him, promising him the young Grace Pasithea as his wife. They go to Ida, where Sleep perches in a fir-tree in the likeness of a bird, and Hera approaches Zeus, who is seized with desire for her. He persuades her to lie with him at once, hiding them in a golden cloud, and Sleep binds him, then goes to tell Poseidon to help the Danaans while Zeus sleeps.
Homer, Iliad 1.493–611Thetis begs Zeus; the quarrel of Zeus and HeraAfter twelve days the gods return to Olympus, and Thetis goes up to clasp the knees of Zeus and ask him to honour her son by giving the Trojans the upper hand. Zeus is troubled because it will anger Hera, but he bows his head in assent. Hera upbraids him for plotting in secret and he threatens her, until Hephaestus calms the gods by pouring wine, and they feast and sleep.
Homer, Iliad 5.711–792Hera and Athena ride down to the plainHera harnesses her chariot while Hebe fits the wheels, and she and Athena arm themselves, Athena taking the aegis and her great spear. The Hours open the gates of heaven, and Hera asks Zeus whether she may drive Ares from the battle, and he tells her to set Athena on him. They come to the plain where the Simois and Scamander meet, and Hera, in the voice of Stentor, shouts to shame the Achaeans.
Homer, Iliad 4.1–72The gods in council on OlympusOn Olympus the gods sit in council while Zeus provokes Hera by remarking that Menelaus has two goddesses to help him, Hera and Athena, who merely look on, while Aphrodite keeps his rival safe. Hera answers angrily that her labour against Priam must not be in vain, and Zeus tells her to do as she pleases, asking only that she not hinder him when he destroys a city dear to her. Hera names Argos, Sparta and Mycenae, and Zeus sends Athena down to make the Trojans break the truce.
Homer, Iliad 15.78–142Hera on Olympus; Athena stops AresHera goes to the gods on Olympus and tells them that Zeus will not be moved. Ares, hearing that his son Ascalaphus has been killed, prepares to go down in armour to avenge him, and Athena takes the helmet and spear from him and rebukes him. Athena makes him sit down again on his throne.
Homer, The Homeric Hymns 3.300–439Hymn 3 to Apollo (4): the she-dragon and the Cretan shipAt Crisa, under Mount Parnassus, Apollo shoots the monstrous she-dragon that has been a plague to men and flocks, and punishes the spring of Telphusa for deceiving him. He then looks for men to serve his temple, sees a ship of Cretans from Cnossos sailing to Pylos, and leaps aboard in the form of a dolphin to steer it to Crisa.
Homer, Iliad 14.153–223Hera adorns herself; the girdle of AphroditeHera sees Zeus watching the battle from Mount Ida and plans to beguile him. She goes to her chamber, bathes and anoints herself with ambrosial oil, and puts on a robe that Athena made. She then borrows Aphrodite's embroidered girdle of love, telling her that she means to reconcile Oceanus and Tethys, and Aphrodite gives it.
Homer, Iliad 15.1–77Zeus wakes and rebukes HeraThe Trojans flee over the ditch and the stakes, and Zeus wakes on Ida to see them in flight and Poseidon at work among the Achaeans. He rebukes Hera, reminding her how he once hung her from heaven with anvils on her feet, and she swears by the Styx that Poseidon acts of his own will. Zeus smiles and tells her to send Iris and Apollo to him.
Homer, Iliad 21.326–382Hephaestus fights the riverThe flood towers over Achilles and is about to overwhelm him, and Hera calls on her son Hephaestus to turn his fire against the river. Hephaestus burns the dead on the plain and then scorches the elms, willows and tamarisks and the fish in the stream. Scamander begs him to stop and swears that he will no longer help the Trojans, and Hera calls her son off.
Homer, Iliad 19.74–153Achilles ends his wrath; Agamemnon's speech on AteAchilles calls an assembly, and even those who had stayed in the camp come, last of all the wounded Agamemnon. Achilles says that the quarrel over the girl has brought no good to anyone, declares that he ends his wrath, and bids the Achaeans arm. Agamemnon says that Ate, the eldest daughter of Zeus, blinded him, as she once blinded Zeus himself when Hera tricked him over the birth of Heracles, and he offers the promised gifts.
Homer, Iliad 21.383–513The battle of the godsThe gods go to war with one another: Ares attacks Athena with his spear and is knocked down by a stone she hurls, and Athena strikes Aphrodite when she comes to help him. Poseidon challenges Apollo, who refuses to fight over mortals, and Artemis, scolded by Hera, is beaten and runs in tears to Zeus. Hermes declines to fight Leto, who gathers up the scattered bow and arrows of her daughter.

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Apollodorus (16)

Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 1.3.1–6Zeus's children, the Muses, Orpheus and the birth of AthenaZeus marries Hera and has children by many goddesses, among them the Seasons, the Fates, the Graces, Persephone and, by Mnemosyne, the nine Muses. The Muses' sons include Linus and Orpheus, who goes down to Hades for Eurydice and loses her by looking back, as well as Hyacinth (loved by Thamyris and by Apollo), Rhesus and the Corybantes; Thamyris is blinded by the Muses and the Sirens are born of Melpomene. Hephaestus is born to Hera (alone, or by Zeus, in Homer's version) and thrown out of heaven, and Athena springs from the head of Zeus after he swallows Metis.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 2.1.1–5Inachus, Io and the DanaidsThe line of Inachus of Argos runs through Phoroneus and Apis to Argus the All-seeing, whom Hermes kills while he guards Io, whom Zeus has turned into a cow. Io wanders to Egypt and bears Epaphus, whose descendants include the twins Belus and Agenor. Belus's twin sons Aegyptus and Danaus quarrel over the kingdom, Danaus flees to Argos with his fifty daughters, and they are married to Aegyptus's sons and kill them on the wedding night, all but Hypermnestra, who spares Lynceus.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 2.5.7–10The Labours of Heracles (7-10): the Cretan Bull to Geryon's CattleHeracles brings the Cretan bull to Mycenae and takes the man-eating mares of Diomedes of Thrace, founding Abdera. For the belt of Hippolyte he sails to the Amazons, kills her after Hera stirs up trouble, and on the way home saves Hesione from the sea monster at Troy, which Laomedon will not pay for. For the tenth labour he crosses to Erytheia, kills Geryon and his herdsman and dog, and drives the cattle home through Italy and Sicily, wrestling Eryx and enduring Hera's gadfly.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 3.4.1–4Cadmus and the founding of ThebesAfter the death of Telephassa, Cadmus is told at Delphi to follow a cow and found a city where it lies down. He kills the dragon of Ares, sows its teeth to raise the Spartoi, serves Ares for a year, and marries Harmonia. Their daughters Autonoe, Ino, Semele and Agave are named; Semele is destroyed when she asks to see Zeus in his glory, Dionysus is born from Zeus's thigh, and Ino and Athamas rear him and are driven mad. The section ends with Actaeon, torn apart by his own dogs after seeing Artemis bathing.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 2.4.6–12Amphitryon, Alcmene and the youth of HeraclesElectryon's sons are killed in a cattle raid by the Taphians, and Amphitryon accidentally kills Electryon and takes refuge at Thebes, where he wins the Teleboan war with the help of Cephalus's dog. Zeus lies with Alcmene in Amphitryon's likeness and she bears Heracles and Iphicles; the infant Heracles strangles the serpents Hera sends. Heracles is taught by several masters, kills the lion of Cithaeron after fathering children by Thespius's fifty daughters, and defeats the Minyans of Erginus. Hera then drives him mad and he kills his children, and the Pythia at Delphi names him Heracles and sends him to serve Eurystheus.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome E.1.1–24Theseus and the Minotaur; Daedalus, Phaedra and PirithousThe Epitome picks up Theseus' labours with the sow of Crommyon and goes on through Sciron, Cercyon and Damastes, after which he reaches Athens and Medea's plot against him fails. With Ariadne's clue he kills the Minotaur, and Ariadne is left on Naxos for Dionysus; Aegeus leaps to his death when he sees the black sail. The section then follows Daedalus and Icarus and Minos's death in Sicily, Theseus's Amazon wife and Phaedra's passion for Hippolytus, the Centauromachy, Helen's abduction, and Theseus's capture in Hades and death on Scyros.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 1.4.1–5Leto, Apollo and Artemis; Python, Marsyas and OrionAsteria flees Zeus and becomes the island Delos, where the hunted Leto bears Artemis and then Apollo. Apollo takes over the oracle at Delphi by killing the snake Python, kills Tityus for assaulting Leto, and has Marsyas flayed after a musical contest. Artemis kills Orion on Delos, and two reasons are given, a challenge at quoits or violence against the Hyperborean maiden Opis; the section ends with Poseidon's children by Amphitrite.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 1.9.1–15Athamas, Sisyphus, Salmoneus, Melampus and AdmetusThe sons of Aeolus: Athamas, whose children Phrixus and Helle flee on the golden ram and who later loses Ino and Learchus to madness, then Sisyphus, Deion, Perieres, Magnes and Salmoneus, who is struck down for impersonating Zeus. Salmoneus's daughter Tyro bears Pelias and Neleus to Poseidon, and the section follows Neleus and Nestor at Pylus, Pelias in Thessaly, and Cretheus's line with the seer Melampus winning Pero for his brother Bias. It ends with Pheres, Admetus and Alcestis.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 1.9.16–22Jason and the Argonauts: the voyage to PhineusPelias is warned against the man with one sandal and sends Jason to fetch the Golden Fleece from Colchis. Argus builds the Argo, the crew is listed, and the ship calls at Lemnos, at the land of the Doliones where Cyzicus is killed by mistake, and at Mysia, where Hylas is lost and Heracles is left behind. Polydeuces kills Amycus of the Bebryces, and at Salmydessus Zetes and Calais drive the Harpies from the seer Phineus, who tells the crew how to pass the Clashing Rocks.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 2.7.1–8Heracles' wars, Deianira and the death of HeraclesHera's storms drive Heracles to Cos on his way back from Troy, and he then fights beside the gods against the Giants. He campaigns against Augeas and the Molionides in Elis, against Pylos and against Hippocoon in Sparta, and fathers Telephus by Auge. He wins Deianira from Achelous and kills the centaur Nessus at the Evenus; after taking Oechalia, he puts on the robe stained with Nessus's blood and burns on Mount Oeta, rising to heaven and marrying Hebe. The section ends with a long list of his children, among them his sons by the daughters of Thespius.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome 3.6.1–8The Seven against ThebesEteocles and Polynices quarrel over the throne of Thebes, and Polynices gathers an Argive army under Adrastus. Amphiaraus foresees disaster but is compelled to join by Eriphyle, who has accepted the necklace of Harmonia. At Nemea the infant Opheltes is killed by a serpent and the Nemean games are founded; at Thebes Menoeceus sacrifices himself on Tiresias's word, Capaneus is struck by lightning, and Eteocles and Polynices kill each other. Tydeus loses Athena's gift by eating Melanippus's brain, Amphiaraus is swallowed by the earth, and only Adrastus escapes.
Apollodorus, The Library (Bibliotheca), with the Epitome E.3.1–35Paris and Helen; the muster at Aulis and the landing at TroyParis judges the contest of the three goddesses, carries off Helen, and Menelaus and Agamemnon call the Greek kings to arms; Odysseus's feigned madness is exposed and Palamedes is framed. The section gives the catalogue of the Greek fleet at Aulis, the omen of the snake and sparrows, the failed first landing in Mysia and the healing of Telephus, and the sacrifice of Iphigenia. After Tenedos and the abandonment of Philoctetes, Protesilaus is the first to die at Troy, Achilles takes many nearby cities, and the Trojan allies are listed.

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Pindar (5)

Pindar, Nemean Odes 10.1–90Nemean 10: for Theaeus — Castor and PolydeucesPindar praises Argos, the city of Danaüs and Hera, and its famous heroes, among them Proetus, and the victories of Theaeus in wrestling. He tells how Idas killed Castor in a quarrel over cattle, how Polydeuces prayed to Zeus to die with his brother, and how Zeus allowed them to share their fate by living alternately under the earth and on Olympus.
Pindar, Olympian Odes 6.1–105Olympian 6: for Hagesias — Iamus, son of ApolloPindar likens the opening of his ode to the building of a hall on golden pillars and praises Hagesias of Syracuse, an Iamid and victor with the mule-car, recalling Adrastus' lament for Amphiaraüs. He tells how Euadne, loved by Apollo, hid her child Iamus among the violets, where bees' honey fed him, and how Apollo later gave him the gift of prophecy and an oracle at Olympia. He closes by sending Aeneas to praise Hera and Stymphalus, and with a prayer to Poseidon.
Pindar, Pythian Odes 2.1–96Pythian 2: for Hieron — IxionPindar praises Syracuse and Hieron, victor in the chariot race, and recalls that Cinyras of Cyprus is honoured in song. He tells how Ixion, whom the gods had welcomed, tried to seduce Hera and was bound to a wheel; Zeus made a cloud in her likeness, and from it the Centaurs were born. The poet then warns against slanderers and flatterers, says that one must not fight against god, and prays to please the noble.
Pindar, Nemean Odes 1.1–72Nemean 1: for Chromius — Ortygia and the infant HeraclesPindar greets Ortygia, the cradle of Syracuse, and praises Chromius of Aetna, victor with the chariot, for his wealth and hospitality, recalling Zeus' gift of Sicily to Persephone. He tells how the infant Heracles strangled the two serpents sent by Hera, while Amphitryon and the Cadmeans hastened in, and how Teiresias foretold his labours against monsters and giants and his marriage to Hebe.
Pindar, Nemean Odes 7.1–105Nemean 7: for Sogenes — Neoptolemus at DelphiPindar invokes Eleithyia, goddess of birth, and praises Sogenes of Aegina, boys' pentathlon victor, saying that song gives fame to the deeds of heroes. He tells how Neoptolemus, who sacked Troy, lies buried at Pytho after being struck down in a quarrel over the sacrifice, and defends himself against the charge of having slandered him. He ends by praising the Aeginetan hero's family and warning against idle talk like babbling to babes of 'Corinth, the city of Zeus'.

Aeschylus (4)

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 526–608Second stasimon: the Chorus' warning; Io arrivesThe Chorus pray never to oppose Zeus, and warn Prometheus that he has honoured mortals too much, and they remember the song they sang at his marriage to their sister Hesione. Io, a maiden with the horns of a cow, enters in frenzy, driven by the gadfly that Hera sent after her. She asks who is chained to the rock, and Prometheus recognises her as the daughter of Inachus, and she begs him to say who he is and what suffering awaits her.
Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 78–180Parodos: the Theban women in terrorThe Chorus of Theban women sing in terror of the sound of the approaching army, the clatter of the chariots and the dust, and call on the gods of the city for help. They pray to Athena, Poseidon, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis and Hera and beg them to save Thebes from capture and slavery.
Aeschylus, Suppliants 234–324Second episode: Pelasgus questions the maidensKing Pelasgus asks who these foreign women are, and they say they are Argives by descent. When he doubts it, they go through the story of Io, driven by the gadfly to Egypt, who bore Epaphus, and name their line down to Danaus and his brother Aegyptus. The king accepts their descent and asks what drove them from home.
Aeschylus, Suppliants 524–599First stasimon: the prayer to ZeusThe Chorus call on Zeus, most blessed of the blessed, to look down on his offspring and to drive the lust of their cousins into the sea. They recall the sufferings of Io and her restoration by Zeus, and they pray that the god, who needs no effort to carry out his will, will help them as well.

Euripides (20)

Euripides, Heracles 822–873Fourth episode: Iris and Madness send Heracles madIris tells the old men not to fear, for she is the handmaid of the gods and the figure with her is Madness, daughter of Night, who has been sent by Hera against Heracles. Madness says that she was born of noble parents and does not wish to use her powers against a friend, but, forced by Iris, she says she will serve Hera and drive him mad, and steals into the house.
Euripides, Helen 998–1029Fifth episode: Theonoe decides to keep their secretTheonoe says that she is inclined to piety and will not dishonor her father's name or please her brother at the cost of justice. She votes on Hera's side and says that Proteus would have given Helen back. She promises to keep silent and tells them to pray to Kypris and Hera for their return.
Euripides, Heracles 1255–1312Exodos: Heracles' case against going on livingHeracles tells Theseus that life for him has always been full of woe, and that he will set out his case, from the birth of a child of Zeus whom Hera hated, through the labours to the murder of his children. He says that it is right that he should die, since, if Hera has destroyed Hellas' benefactor, there is no use in life, and no friend can help him.
Euripides, Trojan Women 966–1032Third episode: Hecuba answers HelenThe Chorus urges Hecuba to defend her children and her country, and Hecuba says that she will take up the cause of the goddesses, since she cannot believe that Hera or Athena would have behaved so foolishly. She says that Helen followed Paris of her own will, enticed by his Phrygian wealth and splendour, and that the Cypris she names is only the folly of men, and she bids Menelaus to make a law of death for all such wives.
Euripides, Helen 1–67Prologue: Helen at the tomb of Proteus in EgyptHelen tells how Proteus' son Theoclymenus and daughter Theonoe rule Egypt, and she recounts the judgment of Paris. Hera made a phantom in her likeness for Paris, while Hermes hid the real Helen in a cloud and set her down in the house of Proteus. Since Proteus died, his son has wanted to marry her, and she sits as a suppliant at his tomb, keeping herself for Menelaus.
Euripides, Helen 625–693Fourth episode: Helen and Menelaus are reunitedHelen and Menelaus embrace and rejoice, and the Chorus prays for their happiness. Menelaus asks how she was taken from his home, and Helen tells how Hera sent her to Egypt in revenge for the judgment of Paris. She tells of her mother's hanging, and of their daughter Hermione's unmarried state.
Euripides, Helen 842–893Fifth episode: Menelaus' resolve; Theonoe enters and speaks of the gods' disputeMenelaus says that he will kill Helen on the tomb and then himself, but first fight for her. The Chorus prays for the race of Tantalus, and Theonoe comes out with torch-bearers to purify the air. She tells them that she knows that Menelaus is here, that Hera and Aphrodite are in conflict over him, and that she must decide whether to tell her brother.
Euripides, Helen 1085–1164Fifth episode: Helen's prayer; the Chorus sings to the nightingaleHelen tells Menelaus to wait at the tomb while she goes in to cut her hair and put on black. She prays to Hera and to Aphrodite for deliverance. The Chorus calls on the nightingale to join its lament, and sings of the Trojan war and of the uncertainty of divine things.
Euripides, Bacchae 266–342First episode: Teiresias and Kadmos defend DionysusTeiresias argues that Dionysus is a great god who gave men the drink of the grape as Demeter gave them bread, and that he also gives prophecy and war-panic. He urges Pentheus to receive the god. Kadmos begs his grandson to honor Dionysus, even if only so that Semele may seem to have borne a god, and recalls the fate of Actaeon.
Euripides, Medea 1361–1419Exodos: Jason mourns and Medea foretells his deathJason begs to be allowed to touch and bury his dead sons, and Medea refuses. She says that she will bury them herself in Hera's sacred field and found a yearly rite in Corinth to atone for the murder, and that she will go to Athens to live with Aegeus. She foretells Jason's death, struck by a piece of the Argo, and the Chorus ends the play on the unexpected ways of the gods.
Euripides, Children of Heracles 983–1017cExodos: Eurystheus defends his conductEurystheus says that he will not flatter her nor deny what he did, and that Hera caused him to be Heracles' enemy, and that once he had undertaken the struggle he did what a man must. He says that he knew he would be hated and that he did not choose to be so, and that he accepts what is to come.
Euripides, Electra 167–219The Chorus invites Electra to the festival of HeraThe Chorus of Argive country women comes to Electra's courtyard with news that the Argives proclaim a sacrifice to Hera, and that all maidens are to go to the festival. Electra says that she has no heart for gold and dancing, and the Chorus bids her borrow clothes and ornaments and pray to the goddess; Electra answers that no god heeds the voice of the unhappy, and sees strangers rising from ambush.

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Apollonius Rhodius (11)

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1–166Hera and Athena ask Cypris to make Medea love JasonThe poet calls on Erato, and Hera and Athena decide to go to Cypris to ask her to make Aeetes' daughter Medea fall in love with Jason. Cypris finds her son Eros playing dice with Ganymede, and persuades him with the promise of a ball that once belonged to Zeus.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.167–298Medea falls in love with JasonIn council Jason proposes to try Aeetes with words first and goes to the palace with the sons of Phrixus, Telamon and Augeias. Hera hides them in mist; Chalciope greets her sons, and Eros shoots Medea with an arrow as Jason stands among them, so that she is struck with love for him.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.552–684Zeus' anger and the voyage to Circe's islandZeus is angry at the murder, and the speaking beam of Argo says that Circe must cleanse them. Argo sails up the Eridanus, where Phaethon fell, and through the Rhodanus, with Hera guiding them, past the Stoechades to the Tyrrhenian coast. They come to Aeaea and see Circe washing her hair.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.685–782Circe purifies Jason and MedeaAt Aeaea Circe, daughter of Helios, purifies Jason and Medea of the murder. When she learns the whole story she drives them from her house with reproaches. Hera sends Iris to fetch Thetis and to ask Hephaestus and Aeolus to help Argo.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1124–1227The marriage of Jason and Medea in Macris' caveJason and Medea are married that night in the sacred cave of Macris, with the Golden Fleece spread on the couch. At dawn Alcinous declares his judgement that the marriage stands, the Colchians ask to stay on the island, and the Argonauts leave with gifts from Alcinous and Arete.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1–91Medea's flight to the ArgoAeetes plots all night against the Argonauts, and Hera fills Medea with fear for what she has done. Medea says farewell to her room, steals out of the palace, and the moon watches her go. At the river she calls to Phrontis, and begs Jason to take her away and not to dishonour her.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.783–884Hera and ThetisHera asks Thetis to guide Argo through the Wandering Rocks and past Scylla and Charybdis. Thetis agrees, gathers the Nereids, and secretly tells her husband Peleus to have the heroes sail at dawn.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.815–910The deaths of Idmon and TiphysIdmon is killed by a boar in the marsh, and Tiphys dies of sickness soon after, leaving the ship without a pilot. The heroes bury both and fall into despair until Hera stirs Ancaeus, who offers to steer, and Argo sails on.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.744–911Medea's night of tormentAt night Medea is divided between her duty to her parents and her love for Jason, and takes up a casket of drugs with the thought of ending her life. A fear of Hades and a prompting from Hera restore her resolve, and at dawn she takes the charm of Prometheus and drives to the temple of Hecate. She tells her maids that she will meet the stranger there.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.912–1025Jason and Medea meet at the temple of HecateArgus leads Jason and Mopsus towards the shrine of Hecate, and a crow, speaking for Hera, mocks Mopsus; he sends Jason on alone. Jason and Medea meet in silence, and he begs her for help, speaking of Ariadne and Theseus. She gives him the charm.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.885–981The Sirens, the Wandering Rocks and ScyllaAt dawn the Argonauts leave Aeaea; Orpheus drowns out the Sirens' song with his lyre, though Butes dives in and is saved by Cypris. The Nereids pass Argo through the Wandering Rocks, with Hera and Hephaestus watching, and the heroes sail on past Thrinacia and the cattle of Helios.

Callimachus (4)

Callimachus, Hymns 4.205–326Hymn to Delos: the birth of ApolloLeto sits by the Inopus and leans against a palm-tree, bidding her child be born, and Iris tells Hera, who relents because Zeus has calmed her. The swans of Pactolus circle Delos seven times, which is why Apollo's lyre has seven strings, and the island turns to gold as the god is born. Delos tells Earth that Apollo will love her above all lands and that she will wander no more. The poet then describes the first-fruits sent to Delos from the north, the dance of Theseus at the image of Cypris, and the sailors' rite at the altar.
Callimachus, Hymns 3.1–268Hymn to Artemis: the goddess's childhood wishesAs a small girl on her father's knees, Artemis asks Zeus to let her stay a maiden for ever and to give her a bow, a short tunic, sixty nymphs of Oceanus for her choir and twenty nymphs of Amnisus to tend her hounds, and Zeus smiles and grants it, adding cities. She visits the Cyclopes on Lipara for her arrows, takes hounds from Pan in Arcadia and captures four golden-horned deer for her chariot. The poet praises her favourite places and companions, among them Britomartis, Cyrene and Atalanta, and her shrines at Miletus and Ephesus. He ends with a warning to those who wronged her, such as Oeneus, Otus and Orion.
Callimachus, Hymns 4.1–86Hymn to Delos: Asteria among the islandsThe poet resolves to sing of Delos, nurse of Apollo, a wave-beaten isle that leads the others when they gather before Oceanus and Tethys. He tells how the island, once the floating Asteria who fled the love of Zeus, was named Delos when it became the birthplace of Apollo. Hera, angry with Leto, posts Ares on Haemus to watch the mainland and Iris on Mimas to watch the islands, and the cities of Greece flee from Leto. Apollo, still in the womb, rebukes Thebe.
Callimachus, Hymns 4.87–204Hymn to Delos: Leto's wanderingsThe unborn Apollo warns Thebe not to make him prophesy yet and speaks of his coming fight with the serpent at Pytho. Leto is refused by the Achaean cities and by Thessaly, and Peneius is ready to shelter her until Ares threatens him and she bids him save himself. The islands, frightened by Iris, turn her away, and on Cos the unborn god forbids her to bear him there because another god, Ptolemy, is due to be born on the island. He foretells the defeat of the Galatians at Delphi, and Asteria then calls to Leto to cross over to her.

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Theocritus, Idylls 17.1–137Idyll 17: In praise of PtolemyThe poem begins with Zeus and passes to Ptolemy son of Lagus, whom it praises as foremost among men, and to his mother Berenice. It tells of his birth on the isle of Cos, of the lands he rules and the wealth of Egypt, and of the temples he has built for his parents. It ends with his marriage to his sister, likened to the bridal of Zeus and Hera.
Theocritus, Idylls 24.1–140Idyll 24: The infant HeraclesAlcmena lulls Heracles and Iphicles to sleep, but at midnight two snakes sent by Hera crawl into the room. Alcmena wakes and calls Amphitryon, who hurries in with armed servants and finds the child Heracles clutching both snakes. Tiresias is called and foretells the labours of Heracles, and the poem ends with the boy's upbringing and training.

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Aristophanes, Birds 1702–1765Exodos: the wedding of Peisthetaerus and SovereigntyWhile the Chorus sing of a nation that fills its belly with its tongue, a Messenger announces the return of Peisthetaerus with his bride and the thunderbolt of Zeus. The Chorus greet him with a wedding hymn, calling on Hymen and Hymenaeus and recalling the wedding of Hera and Zeus. Peisthetaerus bids the birds follow him to the golden floor of Zeus, and the Chorus end with a cry of victory.

Diodorus Siculus (7)

Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 4.8.1–4.10.7Heracles: birth and early deedsThe historian begins with the difficulty of reporting Heracles' deeds worthily and with the claim that myth should not be scrutinised too sharply. He traces the hero's descent from Perseus and Zeus, tells how Hera delays the birth of Heracles so that Eurystheus is born first, and how Heracles as a baby strangles the two serpents she sends. As a young man he frees Thebes from the tribute owed to Erginus king of the Minyans, kills Erginus, burns the palace of the Minyans and razes the city of the Orchomenians, and marries Megara, daughter of Creon.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 4.36.1–4.39.4The death of HeraclesHeracles takes the field with the Calydonians against the Thesprotians and, after he kills a serving boy by accident, goes into exile with Deïaneira. At the river Euenus the centaur Nessus attacks her; dying, he gives her a charm, and years later she uses it on a robe to win Heracles back from Iole. The robe consumes Heracles, who has himself burned on a pyre on Mount Oeta; the section closes with the honours paid to him as hero and god.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 4.11.1–4.13.4Heracles' labours I: the first sevenHera sends a frenzy on Heracles, and in it he shoots his children by Megara; when he recovers he goes to serve Eurystheus. The chapters give the labours of the Nemean lion, the Lernaean hydra, the Erymanthian boar (with the fight against the Centaurs at the cave of Pholus), the golden-horned hind, the Stymphalian birds, the stables of Augeas, and the Cretan bull.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 4.67.1–4.70.4Aeolus and Boeotus, Salmoneus and Neleus, the Lapiths and CentaursAfter the Epigoni return home, Teiresias dies at Tilphossaeum and the Cadmeans leave it, and the historian gives the story of Arne, Aeolus and Boeotus. He then follows Salmoneus, Tyro and their descendants as far as Nestor, and turns to the Lapiths and Centaurs: the sons of Peneius, Ixion's crime against Eïoneus, and the origin of the Centaurs.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 5.55.1–5.59.6Rhodes: the Telchines, the Heliadae and later settlersThe Telchines first lived on Rhodes, followed by the children of Helius and Rhodos, the Heliadae, who are famed for their learning and for their sacrifice without fire. The historian tells of the killing of Tenages and Danaüs's visit to Lindus, and of the later settlers Phorbas, Althaemenes and Tlepolemus.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 5.68.1–5.72.5Zeus and the children of Cronus in CreteAccording to the Cretans the children of Cronus and Rhea discovered or introduced many arts, and the sea, the hearth and the corn belong to Poseidon, Hestia and Demeter. The historian gives the conflicting accounts of how Zeus became king, the places in Crete tied to his infancy, his benefactions to mankind and the punishment of the Giants.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Books 4 to 6 (the Greek myths) 6.1.1–11Euhemerus on the godsIn a fragment on the gods the historian is quoted as dividing them into eternal ones, such as the sun and moon and stars, and terrestrial ones, such as Heracles and Dionysus, who were honoured as gods for their benefactions. He then summarises the account of Euhemerus, who sailed from Arabia to the island of Panchaea, where a golden stele recorded the deeds of Uranus, Cronus and Zeus as kings.

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Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.316–399Teiresias and EchoZeus (Jupiter, 'Jove' in More's translation) and Hera (Juno) quarrel over whether men or women have more pleasure in love, and Teiresias (Tiresias), who has been both, is asked to judge. He says women, and Hera strikes him blind, and Zeus gives him the gift of prophecy; he tells the nymph Liriope that her son Narcissus will live only if he never knows himself. The nymph Echo, who once used her chatter to keep Hera from catching Zeus' mistresses, is punished by being able only to repeat the last words of others, and she falls in love with Narcissus, who rejects her and every other lover.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.396–562The Minyades become bats; Athamas and InoThe daughters of Minyas, who have scorned Dionysus (Bacchus), find their looms turning to vines and ivy, and they are changed into bats. Hera (Juno), angry at the honour done to Semele's sister Ino, goes down to the Underworld and sends the Fury Tisiphone to the house of Athamas, who goes mad and kills his son Learchus. Ino leaps from a cliff with her other son Melicertes, and Aphrodite (Venus) asks Poseidon (Neptune) to make them sea-gods, and Ino's Theban companions are changed into rocks and birds.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.401–526Callisto and ZeusZeus (Jupiter), having repaired the harm done by the fire, sees Callisto, a nymph of Arcadia who follows Artemis (Diana), and takes her by force, disguised as Artemis. When Artemis discovers her pregnancy at the bath, she drives her out, and Callisto bears a son, Arcas, and is turned into a bear by Hera (Juno). Years later Arcas meets his mother in the woods and is about to kill her with his spear when Zeus sets them both among the stars. Hera, furious, begs the sea gods not to let the Bear sink into the ocean.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.253–315Semele and ZeusHera (Juno), angry at the love of Zeus (Jupiter) for Semele, disguises herself as Semele's old nurse and persuades her to ask her lover to appear to her as he does to Hera. Zeus has sworn to grant her wish, and appears with his thunderbolts, and Semele is burned to ashes. The unborn child is taken from her and sewn into Zeus' thigh, and is born as Dionysus (Bacchus), and nymphs bring him up.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.568–688Io and ArgusThe river gods come to console Peneus for the loss of Daphne, except Inachus, who is mourning his daughter Io. Zeus (Jupiter, 'Jove' in More's translation) takes Io under a cloud, and when Hera (Juno) comes down to look he turns Io into a white heifer. Hera asks for the heifer as a gift and sets the hundred-eyed Argus to watch her, and Io writes her name in the dust with her hoof to tell her father Inachus who she is. Zeus sends Hermes (Mercury), disguised as a shepherd, who plays on his pipe and begins to tell the story of Syrinx.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.273–321Alcmene and GalanthisEurystheus still pursues the sons of Heracles (Hercules), and Alcmene, his aged mother, tells Iole of the difficulty of his birth, which Hera (Juno) tried to hinder by having Lucina (Eileithyia) sit with her hands clasped before the door. Galanthis, her maid, deceived the goddess by crying that the child was born, and Lucina, in surprise, let go. Galanthis, laughing at the goddess, was turned into a weasel.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.688–748Iris and Sleep; Ceyx and Alcyone become birdsAlcyone prays for Ceyx, and Hera (Juno) sends Iris to the house of Sleep in a dark cave to ask him to send a dream to Alcyone. Sleep wakes his son Morpheus, who takes the form of Ceyx and tells Alcyone that her husband is dead. Alcyone goes to the shore, sees his body, and throws herself toward it, and the gods change both into birds, and Aeolus calms the winds for seven days each year so that she may brood.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.689–746Pan and Syrinx; the death of ArgusHermes (Mercury) tells how the nymph Syrinx fled from Pan to the river Ladon and was turned into reeds, from which Pan made his pipes. Argus falls asleep and Hermes kills him, and Hera (Juno) sets his eyes in the tail of the peacock. She then torments Io until Zeus (Jupiter) promises to leave her alone, and Io is restored to her old shape.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.772–851Romulus and HersiliaAmulius seizes the kingdom, and Numitor wins it back with the help of his grandsons, and Rome's walls are begun. The Sabine king Tatius makes war, Tarpeia betrays the citadel, and a hot spring, raised by Juno, closes the gate against the Sabines. After a battle the Romans and Sabines make peace. Mars asks Zeus (Jupiter) to fulfil his promise of heaven to Romulus, and the king is taken up in the god's chariot, and Hera (Juno) sends Iris to his widow Hersilia, who is received among the gods as Hora, the consort of Quirinus.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.313–411The Lycian peasants; Marsyas; PelopsAfter Niobe's fate men worship Leto (Latona) more zealously, and one recalls the peasants of Lycia, who refused Leto water to drink when she came, wandering with her twins, and who were turned into frogs. Another tells of the satyr Marsyas, who challenged Apollo to a contest on the pipes and was flayed alive for his presumption. Pelops, the brother of Niobe, mourns for her, and his ivory shoulder, which the gods made for him after Tantalus served him up at a banquet, is shown.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.453–613Cephalus at Aegina; the plagueMinos is gathering a fleet to make war on Athens, and Cephalus is sent from Athens to ask help from Aeacus, king of Aegina, and is received with honour. Aeacus tells how Hera (Juno), angered that the island was named after Zeus' (Jupiter's) lover Aegina, sent a plague that killed its people. The plague began among animals and spread to men, and the dead lay unburied in thousands.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.98–272Nessus and the death of HeraclesHeracles (Hercules), returning with Deianira, crosses the river Evenus, where the centaur Nessus offers to carry her across and tries to take her. Heracles shoots him with an arrow dipped in the hydra's poison, and the dying Nessus gives Deianira his blood-stained tunic as a love-charm. Years later, jealous of Iole, she sends the tunic to Heracles, who is burned by the poison, and tears at his flesh, and is raised to the sky from a funeral pyre on Mount Oeta.

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Pausanias (38)

Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.17.1–7The Argive Heraeum: the temple of Hera and Polyclitus’ statueFifteen furlongs from Mycenae lies the Heraeum, on the slope of Mount Euboea, with the Water of Freedom and the plant asterion. Pausanias describes the temple, its sculptures and fore-temple offerings, Polyclitus’ gold and ivory Hera with pomegranate and cuckoo, the old wooden image from Tiryns, Hadrian’s peacock and Nero’s crown and robe. Above it stand the remains of the earlier temple burnt through the priestess Chryseis’ lamp.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.16.1–8Olympia: the temple of Hera, the Sixteen Women and the Heraean gamesPausanias describes the Doric temple of Hera at Olympia and the quadrennial robe woven for the goddess by the Sixteen Women, who also hold the Heraea, a race of virgins over a shortened stadium. He gives two accounts of the games’ origin, Hippodamia’s thanks to Hera and the Sixteen Women’s peacemaking between Pisa and Elis after Damophon, and describes their two choruses, of Physcoa and of Hippodamia.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.11.1–8Sicyon to Titane: sanctuaries around the city and Asclepius at TitaneOutside Sicyon Pausanias describes the temple of Athena built by Epopeus, the sanctuaries of Hera, Demeter and Carnean Apollo, the grove Pyraea with Protecting Demeter, and the grove of the Eumenides. He then climbs to Titane, where Titan is said to have lived, and describes the sanctuary of Asclepius founded by Alexanor, with its veiled images of Asclepius and Health, the cults of Alexanor and Euamerion, and the offerings and colonnade.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 3.13.1–9Sparta: Carneus, the Dionysiades, and the hill of Argive HeraPausanias notes the tombs of Cynortas, Castor, Idas and Lynceus, a temple of the Saviour Maid and the worship of Domestic Carneus, with explanations of the Dorian worship of Carnean Apollo. He lists the image of Aphetaeus, the colonnaded square, the temple of Dionysus Colonatas with its women’s race, the shrine of Pleuron, the temples of Argive Hera and Protectress Hera on the hill, and the statue of the wrestler Hetoemocles.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.2.1–7Plataea: the tomb of Mardonius, the graves of the Persian war and the temple of HeraPausanias describes the ruins of Hysiae and Erythrae on Mount Cithaeron and the supposed tomb of Mardonius, and the spring and rock at which Actaeon is said to have looked on Artemis. He discusses the places linked to Pentheus and Oedipus on Cithaeron. At Plataea he describes the graves of the Greeks who fought the Medes, the altar of Zeus of Freedom and the Eleutheria games, the trophy and the shrine of the heroine Plataea. He ends with the temple of Hera, with its Praxitelean images of Rhea and Hera Full-grown and the seated Bride by Callimachus.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.3.1–9Plataea: the Daedala festival of HeraPausanias tells how Hera, angry with Zeus, returned only when Cithaeron advised Zeus to carry a wooden image in a cart and claim it was his new bride, Plataea. The festival of the Daedala commemorates the reconciliation. The Plataeans find the oak for the image by watching which tree a crow perches on after taking boiled flesh. The Little Daedala is held by Plataea alone and the Great Daedala jointly with the Boeotians, with fourteen images carried on wagons to the top of Mount Cithaeron, where they are burned on a great wooden altar with cattle sacrificed to Hera and Zeus.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.13.1–8Phlius: the Dorian conquest and the sights of the acropolis and market-placeThe Dorian Rhegnidas takes Phlius, and Hippasus, ancestor of Pythagoras, withdraws to Samos. Pausanias describes the acropolis with the grove and sanctuary of Ganymeda or Hebe, the temples of Hera, Demeter and Asclepius, and the theatre. In the market-place are the bronze goat worshipped against blight, the tomb of Aristias, the house of divination associated with Amphiaraus, the Navel, and the chapel of Cyathus killed by Hercules.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.15.1–5Cleonae and Nemea; Mycenae and the early Argive legends of Inachus and PhoroneusOn the road to Argos Pausanias describes Cleonae, with its Athena by Scyllis and Dipoenus and the tomb of Eurytus and Cteatus, and the Nemean region: the lion’s cave, the temple of Nemean Zeus, the grave of Opheltes and Mount Apesas. He then begins the Argive legends, covering Inachus, the dispute of Poseidon and Hera over the land, and Phoroneus, who first gathered mankind.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.22.1–9Argos: sanctuaries of Hera and Latona, the Dioscuri, Hecate and the gymnasium of CylarabesSouth of the Latona sanctuary Pausanias describes the temple of Flowery Hera and the grave of the Sea-Women, the sanctuary of Pelasgian Demeter, a bronze vessel said to hold the bones of Tantalus, and the shrine of Poseidon of the Dashing Wave. He then lists the grave of Argus, the temple of the Dioscuri, the sanctuary of Ilithyia founded by Helen, and the temple of Hecate with images by Scopas, Polyclitus and Naucydes. He ends with the tomb of Sacadas and the gymnasium of Cylarabes.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.17.1–11Olympia: the Heraeum’s images and the Chest of Cypselus, first fieldPausanias lists the images in the temple of Hera, among them Zeus and Hera, the Seasons, Themis, the Hesperides and works by Praxiteles, and then describes the cedar Chest of Cypselus, in which the infant Cypselus was hidden. He explains the inscriptions in boustrophedon and describes the first field of its reliefs, the chariot race of Pelops and Oenomaus, the house of Amphiaraus and the funeral games of Pelias.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.9.1–10Mantinea: temples, the grave of Arcas and the cult of AntinousPausanias describes the double temple of Aesculapius and Latona at Mantinea, with Praxiteles' images of Latona's children and the Muses and Marsyas, and lists the sanctuaries of Zeus, the Dioscuri, Demeter and Hera. He quotes the Delphic oracle that told the Mantineans to bring the bones of Arcas from Maenalus, and notes the tomb of Antinoe and that of Grylus, son of Xenophon. He also covers the temple of Aphrodite Alliance, the worship of Antinous introduced by Hadrian, and the contested honours of the hero Podares.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.18.1–9Athens: Dioscuri, Prytaneum, temple of Ilithyia and the OlympieumPausanias describes the sanctuary of the Dioscuri with paintings by Polygnotus and Micon, the precinct of Aglaurus and the story of Erichthonius’ chest, the Prytaneum, a sanctuary of Serapis and the temple of Ilithyia. He then turns to the sanctuary of Olympian Zeus, completed by Hadrian: the colossal image, the cleft where the flood waters of Deucalion’s time drained away, the statue of Isocrates, and Hadrian’s other buildings, including a temple of Hera and Panhellenian Zeus and a library.

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Quintus Smyrnaeus (6)

Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Posthomerica) 3.96–211Hera rebukes Apollo; Achilles fallsHera rebukes Apollo for killing Achilles, reminding him that he sang at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and Apollo sits silent and ashamed. The dying Achilles still kills Orythaon, Hipponous and Alcathous, and his last shout sends the Trojans reeling before he falls. Paris then urges the Trojans to drag the body to Troy behind Hector's horses.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Posthomerica) 4.1–117Glaucus carried to Lycia; Thetis sets the gamesThe Trojans lay Glaucus on his pyre, but Apollo snatches him away to Lycia, where the Nymphs make a spring that bears his name. The Argives go on mourning Achilles, and in heaven Hera reproaches Zeus for favouring Troy while he sits silent. At dawn Diomedes urges an attack, but Aias says they must wait for Thetis, who now comes out of the sea to set out the prizes for the funeral games.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Posthomerica) 5.333–455The madness of AiasThetis and the Nereids plunge back into the sea, where Cymothoe curses Prometheus. Aias, furious at the verdict, will not eat or sleep and arms himself in the night, and Athena strikes him with madness to spare Odysseus. Menelaus fears for the army, but Aias slaughters the flocks in the plain, thinking them Argives, and taunts a slain ram as if it were Odysseus.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Posthomerica) 10.332–410The death of ParisAs Paris limps down Ida, Hera watches from Olympus with the Seasons. Paris dies on Ida and the Nymphs wail for him. A herdsman tells Hecuba, who laments, and the Trojan women mourn him in name only.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Posthomerica) 12.346–443Sinon and LaocoonAt dawn the Trojans see the smoke and the empty shore, and find the Horse and Sinon, whom they question and torture. Laocoon warns them and urges that the Horse be burned. Athena, angered, shakes the earth under him and torments his eyes.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Posthomerica) 13.415–563Troy burns; Aethra rescuedThe gods mourn Troy, all but Hera and Athena, though Athena turns away in anger as Aias son of Oileus outrages Cassandra in her temple. Fire destroys the city and Trojans die in their burning houses, and the glow is seen from Ida and Tenedos. Aethra is found by her grandsons Demophoon and Acamas, who promise to take her home to Greece. Laodice is swallowed by the earth, and the Pleiad Electra hides herself from sight.

Nonnus of Panopolis (43)

Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 8.178–332Book 8: Hera as Semele's nurseHera takes the shape of an old nurse and comes to Semele's chamber. She asks which god has been her lover and says that if it is Zeus she should ask him to come with thunder, as he does to Hera. Semele, stung, prays to Zeus for a bridal of lightning and complains that she has never seen his true form.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 47.594–741Book 47: Dionysos fights Perseus; Hermes ends the war; Argos honours the godPerseus and Dionysos trade boasts and fight, and Hera fights unrecognised. Dionysos grows to touch the sky, but Perseus turns Ariadne to stone with the Gorgon's head. As Dionysos is about to sack Argos, Hermes restrains him, promises that Ariadne will be placed among the stars and reconciles the two sons of Zeus. Hera returns to Olympos and Melampus persuades the Argives to honour Dionysos with a festival.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 31.70–131Book 31: Megaira is lent to Hera; Iris goes to find SleepPersephone agrees and gives Hera the Fury Megaira, whom Hera angers further by showing her the dead Indians. Megaira waits in a Caucasian cave in the form of an owl until Zeus sleeps. Hera sends Iris to ask Sleep to put Zeus to sleep for a day, and Iris finds him near Orchomenos.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 32.0–58Book 32: Hera takes the cestus and goes to ZeusAphrodite gives Hera the cestus, and Hera adorns herself with jewels and scents and goes to Zeus. Struck with desire at the sight of her, Zeus asks why she has come to the East, and Hera answers with a lie: that she is on her way back from visiting Eros, who she says has lost interest in marriage.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 36.0–95Book 36: Dionysos recovers; the gods take sidesThe armies form up and the Olympians divide into two parties. Athena wounds Ares, Hera overcomes Artemis with a cloud and a lump of hail and mocks her, and Apollo prepares to fight Poseidon.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 8.333–418Book 8: The thunderbolt and the birth of DionysosZeus warns Semele that his thunder is not gentle, but gives way to the Fates and comes to her with lightning. Semele takes hold of the thunderbolts and is burnt to ashes. Hermes carries the unborn child, washed in fire, to his father. Zeus then calms Hera and gives Semele a place among the gods.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 20.289–404Book 20: Dionysos flees into the sea; Nereus consoles him; Zeus rebukes LycurgosDionysos, deceived, goes unarmed to the palace of Lycurgos, who scorns him, beats the Bacchants with his poleaxe and drives them into the hills. Terrified by Hera's thunder, Dionysos flees into the Erythraian sea, where Thetis and Nereus receive and console him. Lycurgos rages at the water and calls for fishermen to haul the god out, and Zeus rebukes him from the sky, recalling how Teiresias was blinded for seeing Athena.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 35.204–318Book 35: A serpent guards Chalcomede; Hermes frees the Bacchants; Zeus rebukes HeraWhen Morrheus tries to seize Chalcomede, a serpent darts from her bosom and protects her. Hermes, in the shape of Dionysos, leads the Bacchic women secretly out of the city while the guards sleep, leaving Deriades to chase shadows. Zeus wakes, rebukes Hera for her trick and orders her to heal Dionysos with her milk.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 30.160–242Book 30: Tectaphos' daughter laments; Morrheus' slaughter; Dionysos retreatsTectaphos' daughter laments over his body from the city wall. Morrheus kills many Bacchants, among them Alcimacheia, who had dared to beat Hera's statue, and the maiden Codone, and the Telchines join the battle against the Indians. Hera makes Deriades blaze with fire, and Dionysos, dismayed, retreats.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 9.93–168Book 9: Mystis and the Corybants nurse the childIno nurses the baby with her own son Melicertes and gives him to her maid Mystis, who invents the mystic rites of Dionysos. Hera finds him and swears to ruin Ino's house, but Hermes carries him to Rheia, taking the shape of Phanes to deceive her. The Corybants dance round the boy to hide his growing up.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 9.169–228Book 9: The boy Dionysos hunts; Semele's boastAt nine years old Dionysos hunts hares, stags and tigers and drives lions for Rheia. He grows up among the Pans in the Phrygian hills. Semele, in Olympos, boasts over Hera that Zeus himself brought her son to birth and that Rheia nursed him.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 25.271–379Book 25: Dionysos downcast; Rheia's message and shieldThe Indian city mourns its dead, a blind old man is cured by the wine-stained river, and the scent of the vine spreads through the streets. Dionysos, kept from battle by Hera's jealousy, is visited by Attis, who brings a shield made by Hephaistos for Rheia and tells him that the Indian city will fall in the seventh year of the war.

31 more passages of Nonnus of Panopolis that name Hera

Bacchylides (2)

Bacchylides, Epinicians (Odes of Victory) 9.1–104Ode 9: Automedes of Phlius, pentathlon at NemeaThe poet calls on the Graces to help him sing of Phlius and of Nemea, where Hera reared the lion that Heracles was to overcome and the Argive heroes held the first games in memory of Archemorus. He praises Automedes, who outshone his rivals in the pentathlon, and sings the river Asopus and its daughters, the brides of gods. The middle of the ode is restored from fragments. It ends with the city that Zeus granted to the people of Phlius and with Automedes, son of Timoxenus.
Bacchylides, Epinicians (Odes of Victory) 11.1–126Ode 11: Alexidamus of Metapontion and the daughters of ProetusVictory is honoured as the judge of prowess beside Zeus, and Metapontion rejoices at the Pythian win of the boy wrestler Alexidamus, who lost an Olympic crown to a faulty judgement. The poet tells how Hera drove the daughters of Proetus mad for boasting that their father was richer than she, and how Proetus prayed to Artemis at Lusus, saw them healed and set up her altar. Artemis, the Soother, then went with the Achaeans to Metapontion, where a grove is dedicated to her by the Casas.

Epic Cycle (1)

Epic Cycle, Summaries and Fragments 5.1–38CypriaProclus' summary of the Cypria opens with Zeus planning the Trojan War with Themis, the quarrel of the three goddesses, Alexandrus, Helen and the gathering of the Greeks at Aulis. The fragments cover the earth burdened by men, the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Helen's birth to Nemesis, Castor and Polydeuces, and Alexandrus carrying Helen to Ilium.

Orpheus (attributed) (1)

Orpheus (attributed), Orphic Hymns 12–16Hymns 12-16: Hercules, Saturn, Rhea, Jupiter, JunoHercules is praised as the untamed, strong-handed god of the twelve labours. Saturn (Kronos) is invoked as the mighty Titan and husband of Rhea, and Rhea as the daughter of Protogonus and mother of gods and men. The group ends with Jupiter (Zeus), the supreme king of the gods, and Juno (Hera), his queen of the air.

Hera in the ancient sources