Who Was the Wife of Zeus?

by: Arthur Bernard Cook

Topics: Myths, Mythology, Mythological, Folklore, Greek, Greece, Hellas, Zeus, Dione, Hera, Herakles, Hercules, Gods, Goddesses, Dodona, Jason, Deities, Patriarchy, Matriarchy, Women's History

Collection: folkscanomy_academic; folkscanomy; additional_collections

"Who Was the Wife of Zeus?" by Arthur Bernard Cook, in 20 bookmarked and searchable pages. The article was serialized in the journal Classical Review in 1906. Although Hera was Zeus' eventual wife, the author suggests that an earlier, hidden goddess was the "real" wife. Cook methodically describes Hera's unhappy marriage to Zeus with the detachment of an experienced marriage counselor, and he explains how this peculiar marriage of convenience arose between two deities who hated each other so strongly. Wikipedia has a main entry (Hera) and a group of related entries about the wife of the king of the Greek gods. Internet Archive has a selection of works by the author. Compiled by Robert Bedrosian.