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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.


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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Hera is currently traveling toward its main destination, the asteroid moon Dimorphos.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

But Hera Hussain is worried that cultural sensitivities are not recognised by tech companies, where reported images are often first assessed by an AI moderation system trained largely to detect nudity.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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 among 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. 26, 2025

Little remains of the Heraion on the Aegean isle of Samos, one of the wonders of the ancient world, a great temple dedicated to Hera, who began her career as goddess of the sky.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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