When was Hera born?

Answer 1

Hera was the wife and sister of Zeus. Hera is a mighty goddess who is sadly known most for her unmitigated jealousy. She is vicious and spiteful, and it is usually Zeus's infidelity that incites her to rage. She was best described by Homer in his epic the Iliad. She was the eldest daughter to the Titan Cronus and thus was responsible in part for usurping the Titans' power and control over the universe. Homer portrayed her fairly unkindly as good for nothing but torturing Zeus's sexual consorts, but Hera is recognized as having upheld all the old rights and rules of ancient Greek culture. She is well known for punishing Hercules by driving him mad. In his madness, he slew his entire family, and after waking from her spell, he sought to kill himself in repentance for his actions. She turned the priest Tiresias into a woman and made him a priestess to her "cult" after he struck two mating snakes with his staff. Then Zeus asked Tiresias to answer a question concerning who was more pleasured during sex, men or women, as he had lived as both, and Tiresias sided with Zeus when he said "women," and Hera blinded him for answering to Zeus over her. Examples of Hera's malice are very well known. She was a difficult goddess to deal with.

Answer 2

Hera was a Greek goddess whose parents were the Titans Kronos and Rhea. She had two sisters, Demeter and Hestia, and three brothers, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. These six gods/goddesses were sometimes referred to being born "twice". This is because that Kronos received a prophecy that one of his children would one day overthow him. So he swallowed all of his children, except Zeus. Rhea kept Zeus safe and hid him and gave Kronos a stone wrapped in cloth instead to swallow. Thinking that this was his son, Kronos swallowed it. Later, when Zeus was all grown, he gave Kronos a mixture that made him disgorge all of his children in the reverse order they were born.

Answer 3

Hera was the daughter of the titans Cronus (also spelt Kronos) and Rhea. She was eaten after her birth by Cronus, as were Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Chiron. Zeus escaped the same fate when Rhea gave Cronus a rock in a blanket instead and hid Zeus. He eventually poisoned his father to make him regurgitate his siblings, who were now fully grown.

Answer 4

In Greek myth, Hera was born before Zeus.

Myth does not give modern time lines.

Answer 5

In the myths there is no chronology.

Answer 6

According to Samians, Hera was born on an Island called Samos.

Answer 7

No date is given in myth.