Monday, October 18, 2010

Hera/Juno


She was the goddess married women turned to for help. Ilithyia (or Eileithyia), who helped women in childbirth, was her daughter. The cow and the peacock were sacred to her. Argos was her favorite city.
--Edith Hamilton (28)
Hera: p. 28

Zeus/Jupiter


His breastplate was the aegis, awful to behold; his bird was the eagle, his tree the oak. His oracle was Dodona in the land of oak trees. The god’s will was revealed by the rustling of oak leaves which the priests interpreted.
--Edith Hamilton (27-28)
Zeus: pp. 27-28
Danaë: pp. 146-148
Europa: pp. 81-84
Io: pp. 78-81
Leda: pp. 41, 186