Hera's Bath, Ludovisi

Ancient Greek Mythology, Religion, Art

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Hera considered herself very beautiful - even to the point of great vanity. She sided against Troy in the Trojan war because Paris refused to award her a prize for being the most beautiful of all the goddesses. Every year in the spring she went to the Canathus spring at Temenium in Argos to renew her virginity in the waters. This image may depict her bathing at Canathus, although some also believe that it might be Aprhrodite.

I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare. Queen of the Immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty: she is the sister and wife of loud-thundering Zeus, - the glorious one whom all the blessed throughout high Olympos reverence and honour even as Zeus who delights in thunder. - Homeric Hymn 12 To Hera

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