What is Athena backstory?

Answer 1

pAthena is one of the important goddess'. Athena can also go by Minerva. She the patron goddess of Athens. Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war. She's the favorite daughter of Zeus. A young woman wearing a helmet and holding a shield, often accompanied by a small owl. A huge statue of Athena depicted this way once stood in the Parthenon.

Answer 2

Hera's Appearance: A young beautiful woman, said to be the most beautiful of all goddesses, even beating out

Hera's Symbol or Attribute:The peacock.

Hera's Strengths: Determined defender of the sanctity of marriage and monogamy.

Hera's Weaknesses:Determined defender of the sanctity of marriage and monogamy - but married.

Birthplace:Said to be born on the island of Samos or at Argos.

Parents:Born of the Titans Rhea and Kronos.

Siblings Zeus, Hestia, Demeter, Hades, and Poseidon. What a family!

Spouse: zeus. king of the gods

Hera's Children: With Zeus. Her daughters were Hebe, goddess of health, and Eileithyia, the Cretan goddess of childbirth. Also, by herself, Typhon, the serpent of Delphi.

Some Major Temple Sites: The island of Samos was said to be where Zeus and Hera spent the first secret three hundred years of their marriage, making this the longest honeymoon on record.

Basic Story:Zeus was the brother of Hera, who fell in love with him from the first moment she saw him, and eventually got a love charm from Aphrodite to seal the deal. She is very relationship-oriented and spends much of her time driving off Zeus's innumerable nymphs, mistresses, and other dalliances. She also sometimes torments the offspring of those unions, especially To her credit, she's gorgeous and kept Zeus busy on his honeymoon for three hundred years, so she rightfully wonders why on earth he needs to go anywhere else. When she's really fed up, she wanders off by herself, always hoping Zeus will miss her and seek her, usually eventually relenting and returning without being so sought.

Interesting Fact:Hera is said to restore her virginity each year by bathing in Kanathos, a sacred spring. One tale suggests Hera used magic to force Zeus into marrying her in a secret ceremony. Given some of Zeus's later behavior, perhaps it was a secret even from him. Other tales have Zeus seducing her, in the form of a damp cuckoo bird seeking refuge in her lap during a storm.

In Roman mythology, Hera is considered equivalent to Juno.