Hera-Ancient greek goddess 3D model

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Hera, the third daughter of Kronos and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, sister of Demeter, Hestia, Hades and Poseidon. Together with the rest of the children, Kronos was swallowed up by her father, and then, thanks to the tricks of Metis and Zeus, she was expelled. Before titanomachia, Rhea hid her daughter at Ocean and Tefida, and later she would reconcile her uncle and aunt in their quarrels. Marriage and children The wife of Zeus, his brother - the third after Metis and Themis. However, their secret connection began long before the wedding, and it was Hera who played an active role in it. Zeus fell in love with Hera when she was a girl, and turned into a cuckoo, which she caught [6]. On Mount Kokkigion (Kukushechya) in Argolis there is a temple of Zeus, and next on Mount Prone is the temple of Hera [7]. (The cuckoo is called the queen of Egypt) [8]. The marriage of Zeus and Hera remained secret [9] 300 years [10]. The wedding of Zeus and Hera took place in the land of Knossos, near the Feren river, where the temple stands [11]. Hera gave birth to her husband Gebu (according to some authors, Hera gave birth to her from lettuce [12]), Ilifia and Ares [13] According to the version, she gave birth to Ares without her husband, having received from the nymph Chloris a flower from the Olen fields [14]. “Passing the marital bed,” gave birth to Hephaestus (according to Homer, he, too, from Zeus) [15] - independently in retaliation to her husband, who alone produced Athena. From contact with the earth, the monster Typhon spawned (according to the main version his mother was Gaia). According to legend, when he saw the weak and ugly baby Hephaestus, Hera in anger dropped him from Olympus. But Hephaestus survived and subsequently revenged his mother. Also among the children called Argu and Angela. In Olena, in the hymn of Hera, it is said that Hera was raised by the Orases, and her children, Ares and Hebe [