Hera (Roman name: Juno) is the wife of Zeus and queen of the ancient Greek gods. Hera represented the ideal woman, was the goddess of marriage and the family, and protectress of women in childbirth. Hera was always faithful to Zeus but she was famous for her jealous and vengeful nature, principally aimed against her husband's lovers and their illegitimate children.
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c. 700 BCEGreek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
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650 BCE - 600 BCEHeraion, temple dedicated to Hera built at Olympia.
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570 BCE - 560 BCEA large temple is built and dedicated to Hera on Samos.
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570 BCE - 530 BCEThe Doric Temple of Hera is built at Metapontum, Magna Graecia.
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c. 550 BCEThe Temple of Hera I is built at Paestum.
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c. 520 BCEA new temple is built and dedicated to Hera on Samos during the reign of Polycrates.
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c. 460 BCEThe temple of Hera II is built at Paestum.
