HERA

(cla ical myth.), known by the Romans as Juno, d. of Cronus and Rhea; wife of Zeus; m. of Hephaestus, Ares (Mars), Hebe, and Eileithyia. As queen of heaven she participated in the supreme honors paid to Zeus; famed as brated for her surpa ing beauty, of which she was extremely vain. She was devoted to the Greeks and their country, and was principally worshipped at