Hera

American  

[heer-uh, her-uh] / ˈhɪər ə, ˈhɛr ə /

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noun

1. the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.

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Hera British  

/ ˈhɪərə /

noun

1. Roman counterpart: Juno.  Greek myth the queen of the Olympian gods and sister and wife of Zeus

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Hera Cultural  

1. The Greek and Roman goddess who protected marriage; she was the wife of Zeus. Hera is best known for her jealousy and for her animosity toward the many mortal women with whom her husband fell in love. (See Judgment of Paris.)

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Example Sentences

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is scheduled to reach Didymos in December 2026.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Echo is presumably the tragic nymph of mythology who was cursed by Hera to be little more than a voice that could only repeat the last words spoken to her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The ceremony to light the Olympic flame is usually held at the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The actor also lent her voice as Hera in Disney’s “Hercules,” then reprised the role in the animated classic’s spinoff video game and TV series.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

When it came to that kind of fighting Hera knew she was helpless.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton