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Comparative religion --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Antiquity --- Greece --- History of ancient Greece --- Thematology --- Classical Greek literature --- Mythologie grecque --- Hera, deesse grecque --- Family --- Mythology --- Book --- Relationship mother and son

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The goddess Hera is represented in mythology as an irascible wife and imperfect mother in the face of a frivolous Zeus. Beginning with the Iliad, many narrative traditions depict her wrath, the infidelities of her royal husband and the persecutions to which she subjects his illegitimate offspring. But how to relate this image to the cults of the sovereign goddess in her sanctuaries across Greece? This book uses the Hera of Zeus to open up new perspectives for understanding the society of the gods, the fate of heroes and the lives of men. As the intimate enemy of Zeus but also the fierce guardian of the legitimacy and integrity of the Olympian family, she takes shape in more subtle and complex ways that make it possible to rethink the configuration of power in ancient Greece, with the tensions that inhabited it, and thus how polytheism works.

Mythology, Greek --- Hera --- Zeus --- Cheusŭ --- Dias --- Dzeusas --- Seifur --- Seus --- Zeu --- Zeusi --- Zeŭso --- Zeusu --- Zeusz --- Zevs --- Żews --- Zhousi --- Zīyūs --- Ζεύς --- Δίας --- Зеўс --- Зевс --- זאוס --- זעאוס --- زيوس --- ゼウス --- 宙斯 --- 제우스 --- Jupiter --- Era --- Gera --- Héire --- Hērē --- Ἥρη --- Ἥρα --- Хера --- Гера --- הרה --- هيرا --- ヘーラー --- 赫拉 --- 헤라 --- Juno --- Greek mythology

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The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with-questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

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