Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth; the wife and sister of Zeus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Greek myth, the greatest feminine divinity of Olympus, queen of heaven, wife and sister of Zeus, and inferior in power to him alone. She was the type of virtuous womanhood, and of the wife and mother. In art she is represented as a majestic woman, fully clad in flowing draperies, characteristically with the stephane or crown on her brow, and bearing a long scepter. By the Romans Hera was early identified with their Juno, originally a distinct divinity; and the Latin name is now commonly given to the Greek goddess.
WordNet 3.0
- n. queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hēra). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“SPEAKING OF HERA: Hera and Nicholas (Chief and Cally's baby) will play a defining role in the conclusion of the series.”
“The merging does come to pass as the newspaper article suggesting that Hera is the ancestor of everyone indicates, but I would have made it a conscious decision instead of a result of evolution.”
“Evidently Hera is going to make trouble and Festus may too.”
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“For example, in Cornelia, the myth of the beauty contest among Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera is played out by the Somerset sisters.”
“But I don’t think that Hera is behind my suffering.”
“So, although Hera is the goddess of maternity and reputed to be something of a meanie, I don’t think that she’s to blame.”
“A few hours later, the surviving Challenger visitors, plus several Vulcans and one Caitian, had returned to the city formerly known as the Hera.”
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“She does return more complete within herself and is called Hera the Telia, Hera the perfected.”
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“While I liked the idea of Hera being Mitochondrial Eve, I thought it was overdoing the theme about the dangers of technology.”
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gods (2 syllable)
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