Hera

Family: Argive · Role: goddess · First appears: Book 1 · §28–33

Life events

• Mandrocles dedicated a painting commemorating the bridge and Dareios’s army crossing.(Book 4 · §85–94 · 📍 the temple of Hera)
  • With: Mandrocles
  • “this he caused to be painted and dedicated it as an offering in the temple of Hera”

Book 1 · §28–33

• with Cleobis (The brothers' mother was being taken to Hera's temple.) “There was a feast of Hera among the Argives and it was by all means necessary that their mother should be borne in a car to the temple.”
• with Biton (The brothers' mother was being taken to Hera's temple.) “There was a feast of Hera among the Argives and it was by all means necessary that their mother should be borne in a car to the temple.”

Book 4 · §85–94

• with Mandrocles (Mandrocles dedicated a painting as an offering in Hera's temple.) “this he caused to be painted and dedicated it as an offering in the temple of Hera, with the following inscription:”

Book 9 · §54–61

• with Pausanias (Pausanias prayed to Hera for help.) “Pausanias, seeing that the Spartans were hard pressed and that the offerings did not prove favourable, fixed his gaze upon the temple of Hera of the Plataians and called upon the goddess to help, praying that they might by no means be cheated of their hope:”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.