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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays, The Greek goddesses. (search)
on; *)afrodi/th ga/mou plokai=s h(/detai. Tatian,Orat. contra Graecos, c. 8. if she misleads, it is through sincere passion, not frivolity. No cruelty comes where she dwells; no animal sacrifices are offered her, but only wreaths of flowers; and the month of April, when the earth stirs again into life, is her sacred time. But love legitimately reaches its fulfilment in marriage. After Aphrodite comes Hera (the Roman Juno), who, in the oldest mythology, is simply the wife of Zeus (or Jupiter), and the type and protector of marriage. Her espousals are represented at the festivals as the Sacred Marriage. *(iero\s ga/mos. She must be the twin sister of Zeus, as well as his wife, that there may be a more perfect equality, and their union for the same reason must be from birth, and, were it possible, before birth. She is the only goddess who is legitimately and truly married, for Aphrodite is but the unwilling wife of Hephaistos, and bears him no children. Hence Hera wears a dia