Curated playlist
Deeds of Hera
- DionysusZeus sewed the unborn Dionysus into his thigh after the child's mother died. That is why Dionysus is called twice-born.
- HephaestusHephaestus answered being thrown out of heaven by forging his mother a golden throne.
- Trojan WarIn Greek myth, the Trojan War began with a golden apple. Eris, goddess of discord, brought it uninvited.
- ArgonautsOne missing sandal put a Greek king on edge and launched the Argonauts.
- JasonJason lost a sandal carrying an old woman who was really the goddess Hera. That sandal set his quest in motion.
- HeraclesZeus made the sun god Helios hold off rising for three days. He wanted more time with Alcmene, mother of Heracles.
- Iris (mythology)Iris, the Greek personification of the rainbow, has no temple, no shrine and no festival that anyone can name. Yet she turns up everywhere in ancient storytelling. She appears in epic poems, in tragedies, and even in a comedy about birds…
- IxionIxion, king of the Lapiths, ruled the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. In Greek mythology he became a byword for punishment without end. His ruin did not begin with a war or a curse. It began with a promise to a father-in-law that he never…
- Judgement of ParisAn uninvited goddess threw a golden apple into a wedding party. Eris's snub led to the Judgement of Paris.
- AlcmeneZeus stretched one night into three days to fool Alcmene. He came to her looking like her husband.