Q 01/05

Hera is the Greek goddess of what?

A) The harvest and grain

B) Wisdom, war and crafts

C) Love and beauty

D) Marriage, women and family

Answer · why

D) Marriage, women and family

Marriage, women and family. Her own marriage was anything but peaceful: many of her best-known myths show her taking revenge on Zeus's lovers and thei...

Q 02/05

Who are Hera's parents?

A) Zeus and Metis

B) Uranus and Gaia

C) The Titans Coeus and Phoebe

D) The Titans Cronus and Rhea

Answer · why

D) The Titans Cronus and Rhea

The Titans Cronus and Rhea. That makes her Zeus's sister as well as his wife, and in the Iliad she pulls rank on him on both counts, as Cronus's eldes...

Q 03/05

What did Hera's father do to her at birth?

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

Swallowed her whole. He had been warned that one of his own children would overthrow him, and Hera stayed in his belly until Zeus tricked him into vom...

Q 04/05

In the Iliad, which goddess raised Hera in the house of Oceanus after her mother handed her over?

A) Amphitrite

B) Tethys

C) Themis

D) Metis

Answer · why

B) Tethys

Tethys. Hera's tale that she is off to visit her old foster mother and end the couple's long quarrel is the cover story she tells while plotting to se...

Q 05/05

Which fruit is Hera sometimes shown holding in ancient Greek art?

A) A fig

B) A quince

C) A pomegranate

D) A bunch of grapes

Answer · why

C) A pomegranate

A pomegranate. Pausanias saw one in the hand of her great gold-and-ivory temple statue, but refused to explain it, saying its story was a holy mystery...