User blog:Ariana evans/In defence of Hera

Whenever we think of the Queen of the gods ,we try to resist the urge of strangling her. Which is rational, given what she has done.But take a moment and think,"Did Hera ask Zeus to marry her?". The answer is no. Hera didn't want to get married to anyone in the first place.Zeus tricked her into doing so.

After their marriage Zeus cheated on her several times. Her children with Zeus were both disappointments. Athena was his favourite child. Heartbroken and worried that Zeus would leave her, she tried to leave Leto in labor so that she wouldn't give birth to Artemis and Apollo.

She was the the world's most terrible wife, cruel mother who threw her own child off a mountain, but we never see why she did it. She was the goddess of marriage and family and it is her job to be the perfect role model with the perfect marriage and family.

Her heartless act of throwing hephaestus off of mount olympus has obscured us from seeing the true and benevolent mother she is. She was the one who blessed oddysseus and penelope. she was the one who made the flawed yet intelligent plan of uniting the greeks and the romans.

Ask yourself that you wanted revenge from your partner for cheating on you, but you couldn't cheat back because you were the divine deity worshipped for the well being of family.She is the glue that keeps the gods together.She is the true hero here.