mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:~One Goddess many attributions~Hera bore several epithets in the mythol
mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:~One Goddess many attributions~Hera bore several epithets in the mythological tradition, including:Αἰγοφάγος (Aigophágos) ‘Goat-Eater’ (among the Lacedaemonians)Ἀκραῖα (Akráia) ’(She) of the Heights’Ἀμμωνία (Ammonia)Ἀργεία (Argéia) ’(She) of Argos’Βασίλεια (Basíleia) ‘Queen’Βουναία (Bounáia) ’(She) of the Mound’ (in Corinth)Βοῶπις (Boṓpis) ‘Cow-Eyed’ or 'Cow-Faced’Λευκώλενος (Leukṓlenos) 'White-Armed’Παῖς (Pais) 'Child’ (in her role as virgin)Παρθένος (Parthénos) 'Virgin’Τελεία (Teléia) (as goddess of marriage)Χήρη (Chḗrē) 'Widowed’Hera by Erté -- source link
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