Hera (Juno)

Hera in Wikipedia

Hera (pronounced /ˈhɛrə/; Greek Ήρα, Hēra, equivalently Ήρη, Hērē, in Ionic and Homer) was the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. In Roman mythology, Juno was the equivalent mythical character. The cow, and later, the peacock ...

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Hera in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*(/Hra or Ἥρη), probably identical with kera, mistress, just as her husband, Zeus, was called ἔρρος in the Aeolian dialect (Hesych. s. v.). The derivation of the name has been attempted in a variety of ways, from Greek as well as oriental roots, though there is no reason for having recourse to the latter, as Hera is a purely Greek divinity, ...

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