Q 01/05

Hera is the Greek goddess of what?

A) The harvest and grain

B) Wisdom and war

C) Love and beauty

D) Marriage, women and family

Answer · why

D) Marriage, women and family

She presides over weddings and protects women in childbirth, and is queen among the twelve Olympians.

Q 02/05

Who are Hera's parents?

A) Zeus and Metis

B) Uranus and Gaia

C) Oceanus and Tethys

D) The Titans Cronus and Rhea

Answer · why

D) The Titans Cronus and Rhea

That makes her Zeus's sister as well as his wife; her siblings are Hestia, Demeter, Hades and Poseidon.

Q 03/05

What did Cronus do to the newborn Hera?

A) Hid her in a cave on Crete

B) Swallowed her whole

C) Chained her in Tartarus

D) Gave her to the nymphs of Ida

Answer · why

B) Swallowed her whole

He was fated to be overthrown by a child; Rhea saved only Zeus with a swaddled stone, and Zeus later made his father vomit up the rest.

Q 04/05

According to the Iliad, who raised Hera after her mother handed her over?

A) Amphitrite

B) Tethys

C) Themis

D) Rhea herself

Answer · why

B) Tethys

Pausanias offers a different version, with the three daughters of the river Asterion as her nurses.

Q 05/05

Which of these is NOT one of Hera's sacred animals?

A) The cuckoo

B) The owl

C) The cow

D) The peacock

Answer · why

B) The owl

The owl belongs to Athena; Hera is also often shown holding a pomegranate as a symbol of immortality.

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