a. family relationships. husband is Zeus: “Ἥρας πόσιν τε” (Bothe: “Ἥραν” codd.) N. 7.95 sister of Hestia: “Ἑστία, Ζηνὸς ὑψίστου κασιγνήτα καὶ ὁμοθρόνου Ἥρας” N. 11.2 mother of Eleithuia: “παῖ μεγαλοσθενέος, ἄκουσον, Ἥρας” (sc. “Ἐλείθυια”) N. 7.2 mother in law of Herakles: “χρυσέων οἴκων ἄναξ καὶ γαμβρὸς Ἥρας” I. 4.60
b. as patron and cult goddess. “πρῶτον μὲν Ἥραν Παρθενίαν κελαδῆσαι” (at Stymphalos) O. 6.88 “Ἥρας τ᾽ ἀγῶν̓ ἐπιχώριον νίκαις τρισσαῖς, ὦ Ἀριστόμενες, δαμάσσας ἔργῳ” (“ὡς καὶ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ Ἡραίων ἀγομένων κατὰ μίμησιν τοῦ ἐν Ἄργει ἀγῶνος. Σ.”) P. 8.79 as patron goddess of the city of Argos, where was held her festival, the Heraia or Hekatombaia: “Ἄργος Ἥρας δῶμα θεοπρεπὲς ὑμνεῖτε” N. 10.2 “ἀγών τοι χάλκεος δᾶμον ὀτρύνει ποτὶ βουθυσίαν Ἥρας ἀέθλων τε κρίσιν” N. 10.23 “ἔμολεν Ἥρας τὸν εὐάνορα λαὸν” i. e. to Argos N. 10.36
c. epithets. “χρυσόθρονον Ἥραν” N. 1.38 “μεγαλοσθενέος — Ἥρας” N. 7.2 “λευκωλένῳ — Ἥρᾳ ” Pae. 6.88 cf. “τελείᾳ — ματέρι” N. 10.18
d. attacked by Ixion, “μαινομέναις φρασὶν Ἥρας ὅτ᾽ ἐράσσατο” (sc. “Ἰξίων”) P. 2.27 helps the Argonauts, “τὸν δὲ παμπειθῆ γλυκὺν ἡμιθέοισιν πόθον ἔνδαιεν Ἥρα ναὸς Ἀργοῦς” P. 4.184 cf. test., fr. 62. hates Herakles, “οὐ λαθὼν χρυσόθρονον Ἥραν κροκωτὸν σπάργανον ἐγκατέβα” N. 1.38 ]“Ἥρας ἐφετμαῖς” fr. 169. 44. strives with Apollo at Troy, “λευκωλένῳ ἄκναμπτον Ἥρᾳ μένος ἀντερείδων ” Pae. 6.88
